Dependent vs. independent juvenile survival: Contrasting drivers of variation and the buffering effect of parental care

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1584-1593

  Dybala, Kristen E ^a   Gardali, Thomas ^b   Eadie, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Juvenile survival; Mark recapture; Melospiza melodia; Palomarin; Post fledging survival; Song Sparrow; Weather

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION GROWTH; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPARROW; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; SEASONS; SPARROWS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880548815     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1443.1     Document Type: Article

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