Experimental dissociation of individual quality, food and timing of breeding effects on double-brooding in a migratory songbird

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 689-699

  O'Brien, Erin L ^a,b   Dawson, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double brooding; Food supplementation; Life history; Moult; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HATCHING DATE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PASSERI; SIALIA; SIALIA CURRUCOIDES;

EID: 84878960810     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2544-0     Document Type: Article

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