Natal dispersal of Great Tits in a patchy environment

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 864-872

  Verhulst, S ^a,b   Perrins, C M ^a   Riddington, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Fair Isle Bird Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Metapopulations; Parus major; Phenotypic quality; Sex biased dispersal; Wytham Wood, near Oxford, UK

Indexed keywords

GREAT TIT; HABITAT QUALITY; NATAL DISPERSAL; PATCHY ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC QUALITY;

UK, ENGLAND, OXFORDSHIRE, WYTHAM WOOD;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0030616845     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0864:NDOGTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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