Las mejoras individuales y la mortalidad selectiva dan forma al rendimiento migratorio de por vida.

Fabrizio Sergio1, Alessandro Tanferna1, Renaud De Stephanis1

  • 1Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC, Avenida Americo Vespucio, 41092 Seville, Spain.

Nature
|September 26, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

El rendimiento migratorio en aves rapaces se desarrolla gradualmente a lo largo de la vida, impulsado por mejoras en las habilidades individuales y la mortalidad selectiva temprana. Este desarrollo a lo largo de toda la vida afecta la supervivencia y la reproducción.

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