Intrinsic determinants of a population trend in timing of breeding in the wandering albatross

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2061-2071

  Lewis, Sue ^a   Nussey, Daniel H ^a   Wood, Andrew G ^b   Croxall, John P ^b,c   Phillips, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WADER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 84869870374     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20293.x     Document Type: Article

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