Individual variation in reproductive success in the wandering Albatross
To conserve threatened species it is important to protect the productive individuals, and so I aimed to identify factors accounting for individual-level variation in long-term reproductive success. I examined current breeding characteristics that might explain past reproductive performance amongst e...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11500 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/11500/1/thesis_sci_2011_jones_m.pdf |
Summary: | To conserve threatened species it is important to protect the productive individuals, and so I aimed to identify factors accounting for individual-level variation in long-term reproductive success. I examined current breeding characteristics that might explain past reproductive performance amongst experienced breeders. |
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