Behavioral modifications lead to disparate demographic consequences in two sympatric species.

ABSTRACT: Life-history theory suggests species that typically have a large number of offspring and high adult mortality may make decisions that benefit offspring survival in exchange for increased adult risks. Such behavioral adaptations are essential to understanding how demographic performance is linked to habitat selection during this important life-history stage. Though studies have illustrated negative fitness consequences to attendant adults or potential fitness benefits to associated offspring because of adaptive habitat selection during brood rearing, equivocal relationships could arise if both aspects of this reproductive trade-off are not assessed simultaneously. To better understand how adaptive habitat selection during brood rearing influences demographics, we studied the brood survival,

SUBMITTER: Tanner EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706238 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature