Philopatry, natal dispersal, and inbreeding avoidance in an island population of Savannah Sparrows

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 755-767

  Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ^a   Mauck, Robert A ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Inbreeding; Islands; Kent Island; Natal dispersal; Passerculus sandwichensis; Philopatry; Savannah Sparrow; Scale

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; PHILOPATRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA;

AVES; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031852902     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0755:PNDAIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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