Tests for mate and nest fidelity in birds with application to little blue penguins (Eudyptula minor)

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-66

  Pledger, Shirley ^a   Bullen, Leigh ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Matching; Penguins; Random mating; Rencontre

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES; SITE SELECTION;

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; FIDELITY; MATCHINGS; NEST-SITE SELECTION; PENGUIN; RANDOM MATING; RENCONTRE; SITE FIDELITY; SMALL AREA; TEST OF RANDOMNESS;

BIRDS;

LITTLE BLUE PENGUIN; MATE FIDELITY; NEST SITE FIDELITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BREEDING; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON HARBOUR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0031944139     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533995     Document Type: Article

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