Individual quality persists between years: Individuals retain body condition from one winter to the next in Teal

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1007-1018

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Green, Andy J ^b   Simon, Géraldine ^c   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^c  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Body size; Fitness; Inter annual changes; Inter annual persistence; Scaled mass index

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; SURVIVAL;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANAS CRECCA; AVES;

EID: 84884188314     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0968-x     Document Type: Article

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