Timing of breeding and offspring number covary with plumage colour among Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-188

  Johnson, Jeff A ^a   Burnham, Kurt K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b High Arctic Institute   (United States)

^c THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Colour polymorphism; Individual optimization hypothesis; Nesting chronology; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING SEASON; CHRONOLOGY; COLOR; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; NESTING; OPTIMIZATION; PLUMAGE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

FALCO RUSTICOLUS;

EID: 84870750605     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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