Opposing selection and environmental variation modify optimal timing of breeding

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 15365-15370

  Tarwater, Corey E ^a,b   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Forpus passerinus; Juvenile survival; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENEZUELA;

FORPUS PASSERINUS; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARROTS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84884293559     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1303821110     Document Type: Article

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