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Food availability and predation risk, rather than intrinsic attributes are the main factors shaping the reproductive decisions of a long-lived predator

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dc.contributor.authorHoy, Sarah R
dc.contributor.authorMillon, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorPetty, Steve J.
dc.contributor.authorWhitfield, D. Philip
dc.contributor.authorLambin, Xavier
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Biological Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-16T10:40:02Z
dc.date.available2016-06-16T10:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements We thank B. Sheldon and two anonymous reviewers for all their helpful comments on a previous version of the manuscript. Our thanks also go to M. Davison, B. Little, P. Hotchin, D. Anderson and all other field assistants for their help with data collection and Forest Enterprise, particularly Tom Dearnley and Neville Geddes for facilitating work in Kielder Forest. We are also grateful to C. Sutherland for his help and advice on statistical analyses. This work was partly funded by Natural Research Limited and a Natural Environment Research Council studentship NE/J500148/1 to SH and grant NE/F021402/1 to XL. Forest Research funded all the fieldwork on goshawks, tawny owls and field voles during 1973-1996. In addition, we are grateful to English Nature and the BTO for issuing licences to visit goshawk nest sites.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent11
dc.format.extent284850
dc.identifier63850225
dc.identifier3e0a268f-eed1-44f6-8c9f-ef77df4e30f9
dc.identifier84978976278
dc.identifier.citationHoy, S R, Millon, A, Petty, S J, Whitfield, D P & Lambin, X 2016, 'Food availability and predation risk, rather than intrinsic attributes are the main factors shaping the reproductive decisions of a long-lived predator', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 892-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12517en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1365-2656.12517
dc.identifier.iss4en
dc.identifier.issn0021-8790
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4643-2653/work/95222448
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/6120
dc.identifier.vol85en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Animal Ecologyen
dc.subjectAccipiter gentilisen
dc.subjectbreeding decisionsen
dc.subjectbreeding propensityen
dc.subjectclutch sizeen
dc.subjectjuvenile survivalen
dc.subjectlife-history trade-offsen
dc.subjectnorthern goshawken
dc.subjectreproductive strategiesen
dc.subjectStrix alucoen
dc.subjecttawny owlen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)en
dc.subjectNE/J500148/1en
dc.subjectNE/F021402/1en
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleFood availability and predation risk, rather than intrinsic attributes are the main factors shaping the reproductive decisions of a long-lived predatoren
dc.typeJournal articleen

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