Ecological predictors of reduced avian reproductive investment in the southern hemisphere

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 809-818

  Samaš, Peter ^a   Grim, Tomáš ^a   Hauber, Mark E ^b   Cassey, Phillip ^c   Weidinger, Karel ^a   Evans, Karl L ^d  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; PASSERI; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 84879290606     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07927.x     Document Type: Article

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