Cross-seasonal factors affecting breeding investment by female Pacific Dunlins
Myers proposed the Migration Distance Hypothesis (that the costs of long-distance migration force a compensating reduction in breeding investment) to explain parental care differences between species and sexes in shorebirds. This thesis proposes that seasonally increasing predation danger during mig...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://summit.sfu.ca/item/9793 |