Exploiting the richest patch has a fitness pay-off for the migratory swift parrot

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1194-1201

  Stojanovic, Dejan ^a   Terauds, Aleks ^a   Westgate, Martin J ^a   Webb, Matthew H ^a   Roshier, David A ^b   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Wildlife Conservancy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Eucalyptus; Facultative migration; Flower; Individual fitness; Lathamus discolor; Migration; Mobile species; Nestling growth; Sugar glider

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FLOWER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; LATHAMUS DISCOLOR; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; PSITTACIDAE;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PARROT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TASMANIA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC FITNESS; PARROTS; REPRODUCTION; TASMANIA;

EID: 84939252304     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12375     Document Type: Article

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