Brood size matching: A novel perspective on predator dilution

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-181

  Jaatinen, Kim ^a   Öst, Markus ^a  

^a NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brood size matching; Conflict; Cooperation; Group formation; Predator dilution; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; BROOD REARING; BROOD SIZE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLUTCH SIZE; DUCKS AND GEESE; FEMALE; GAME; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873034062     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668824     Document Type: Article

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