Seasonal fecundity is not related to geographic position across a species’ global range despite a central peak in abundance

Oecologia

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 291-301

  Ruskin, Katharine J ^a   Etterson, Matthew A ^b   Hodgman, Thomas P ^c   Borowske, Alyssa C ^d   Cohen, Jonathan B ^e   Elphick, Chris S ^d   Field, Christopher R ^d   Kern, Rebecca A ^f,g   King, Erin ^h   Kocek, Alison R ^e   Kovach, Adrienne I ⁱ   O’Brien, Kathleen M ^j   Pau, Nancy ^k   Shriver, W Gregory ^f   Walsh, Jennifer ⁱ   Olsen, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^g U S Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^h Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^j Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^k US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ammodramus caudacutus; Biogeography; Fecundity; Latitudinal gradients; Species range

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS;

ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84990948150     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3745-8     Document Type: Article

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