Early life events carry over to influence pre-migratory condition in a free-living songbird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, Greg W ^a   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^b   Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ^c   Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^d   Norris, D Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY FAT; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLEDGLING; LANDSCAPE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFE EVENT; LIPID STORAGE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CANADA; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPARROWS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83455246030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028838     Document Type: Article

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