Higher fitness for philopatric than for immigrant males in a semi-isolated population of great reed warblers

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 877-883

  Bensch, Staffan ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a   Bo, Nielsen ^a   Hansson, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Lifetime reproductive success; Natal dispersal; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FITNESS; IMMIGRATION; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SWEDEN;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031927253     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03712.x     Document Type: Article

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