Patterns and ecological predictors of age-related performance in female North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1883-1892

  Bradley, R J ^a,b   Hubbard, J K ^a   Jenkins, B R ^a   Safran, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Generalized linear models; Life history; Longitudinal analyses; Reproductive performance; Social and ecological factors

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; DATA SET; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SENESCENCE; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA ERYTHROGASTER;

EID: 85027925327     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1797-5     Document Type: Article

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