Heterogeneity in individual quality in birds:Overall patterns and insights from a study on common terns

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Vedder, Oscar, Bouwhuis, Sandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: LIFETIME REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; LONG-LIVED SEABIRD; AGE-SPECIFIC REPRODUCTION; KESTREL FALCO-TINNUNCULUS; TIT PARUS-MAJOR; NATURAL-SELECTION; GREAT TITS; BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY; Parus; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/9bf92d9a-f691-4383-b337-f54277bdf7e1; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/9bf92d9a-f691-4383-b337-f54277bdf7e1; https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04273; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/67001629/Vedder_et_al_2018_Oikos.pdf

While life-history theory predicts a tradeoff between reproduction and survival, positive covariance, indicative of heterogeneity in individual quality, is often reported among individuals from natural populations. We review longitudinal studies of wild bird populations that test the relationship be...