Habitat use throughout migration: Linking individual consistency, prior breeding success and future breeding potential

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-666

  Hoye, Bethany J ^a   Hahn, Steffen ^b   Nolet, Bart A ^a   Klaassen, Marcel ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary specialization; Lifetime reproductive success; Migratory flyway; Resource use; Seasonal interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING SEASON; CARBON ISOTOPE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIGRATION; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; DUCKS AND GEESE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS BEWICKII;

EID: 84859614910     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01948.x     Document Type: Article

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