Lifetime individual plasticity in body condition of a migratory bird

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 420-434

  Balbontín, Javier ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Hermosell, Ignacio G ^c   Marzal, Alfonso ^c   Reviriego, Maribel ^c   De Lope, Florentino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Between individual component effects; NDVI index; Phenotypic; Senescence; Within individual component effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATAL DISPERSAL; NDVI; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 84855819005     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01800.x     Document Type: Article

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