Early life events carry over to influence pre-migratory condition in a free-living songbird.

Conditions experienced during development can have long-term consequences for individual success. In migratory songbirds, the proximate mechanisms linking early life events and survival are not well understood because tracking individuals across stages of the annual cycle can be extremely challengin...

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Main Authors: Greg W Mitchell, Christopher G Guglielmo, Nathaniel T Wheelwright, Corey R Freeman-Gallant, D Ryan Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3241683?pdf=render