Patterns of natal and breeding dispersal in birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 518-536

  Paradis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Baillie, Stephen R ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Gregory, Richard D ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative analyses; Dispersal distances; Phylogeny; Ring recoveries

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE; HABITAT PREFERENCE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031857461     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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