Who wears the pants in a mute swan pair? Deciphering the effects of male and female age and identity on breeding success

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 826-835

  Auld, Josh R ^a   Perrins, Christopher M ^b   Charmantier, Anne ^c  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Abbotsbury; Clutch size; Laying date; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; WATERFOWL;

ABBOTSBURY; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CYGNUS OLOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATERFOWL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84879144461     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12043     Document Type: Article

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