Brood size manipulations in a spatially and temporally varying environment: male Tengmalm’s owls pass increased reproductive costs to offspring

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 423-430

  Thomson, Robert L ^a   Griesser, Michael ^a,b   Laaksonen, Toni ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Life history trade offs; Parental effort; Quality vs. quantity of offspring; Residual reproductive value

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; FITNESS; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

STRIGIFORMES;

ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; MALE; OWL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FINLAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84907749409     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3020-9     Document Type: Article

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