Mate loss affects survival but not breeding in black brant geese

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 643-648

  Nicolai, Christopher A ^a   Sedinger, James S ^a   Ward, David H ^b   Boyd, W Sean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

black brant; breeding propensity; clutch size; mate loss; nest initiation date

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 84859486705     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars009     Document Type: Article

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