Between-year breeding dispersal in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers: Multiple causes and estimated cost

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2473-2484

  Daniels, Susan J ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Cooperative breeding; Cost of dispersal; Inbreeding avoidance; Mate choice; North Carolina; Picoides borealis; Red cockaded Woodpecker; Site choice; Social constraints

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; MATE CHOICE; MORTALITY RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PICIDAE; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0033857114     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2473:BYBDIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Beletsky, L. D., and G. H. Orians. 1991. Effects of breeding experience and familiarity on site fidelity in female Redwinged Blackbirds. Ecology 72:787-796.
2. Carter, J. H., III, R. T. Stamps, and P. D. Doerr. 1983. Status of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker in the North Carolina Sandhills. Pages 24-29 in D. A. Wood, editor. Proceedings of Red-cockaded Woodpecker symposia II. Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
3. Carter, J. H., III, J. R. Walters, S. H. Everhart, and P. D. Doerr. 1989. Restrictors for Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities. Wildlife Society Bulletin 17:68-72.
4. Chandler, C. R. 1995. Practical considerations in the use of simultaneous inference for multiple tests. Animal Behaviour 49:524-527.
5. Choudhury, S. 1995. Divorce in birds: a review of the hypotheses. Animal Behaviour 50:413-429.
6. Conner, R. N., D. C. Rudolph, D. Saenz, and R. R. Schaefer. 1996. Red-cockaded Woodpecker nesting success, forest structure, and southern flying squirrels in Texas. Wilson Bulletin 108:697-711.
7. Coulson, J. C., and C. S. Thomas. 1983. Mate choice in the kittiwake gull. Pages 361-376 in P. Bateson, editor. Mate choice. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
8. Daniels, S. J., and J. R. Walters. 2000. Inbreeding depression and its effects on natal dispersal in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. Condor 102, in press.
9. Davenport, D. E. 1994. A quantitative analyses of habitat quality for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Thesis. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
10. Dhondt, A. A., and F. Adriaensen. 1994. Causes and effects of divorce in the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus. Journal of Animal Ecology 63:979-987.
11. Gavin, T. A., and E. K. Bollinger. 1988. Reproductive correlates of breeding-site fidelity in Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). Ecology 69:96-103.
12. Gowaty, P. A., and M. R. Lennartz. 1985. Sex ratios of nestling and fledgling Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) favor males. American Naturalist 126:347-353.
13. Grant, B. R., and P. R. Grant. 1987. Mate choice in Darwin's finches. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 32:247-270.
14. Greenwood, P. J. 1980. Mating systems, philopatry, and dispersal in birds and mammals. Animal Behaviour 28:1140-1162.
15. Greenwood, P. J., and P. H. Harvey. 1982. The natal and breeding dispersal of birds. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13:1-21.
16. Harvey, P. H., P. J. Greenwood, and C. M. Perrins. 1979. Breeding area fidelity of Great Tits (Parus major). Journal of Animal Ecology 48:305-313.
17. Hilborn, R., and M. Mangel. 1997. The ecological detective: confronting models with data. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
18. Holm, S. 1979. A simple sequentially rejective multiple test procedure. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics 6:65-70.
19. Holmes, W. G., and P. W. Sherman. 1983. Kin recognition in animals. American Scientist 71:46-55.
20. Jackson, W. M., S. Rohwer, and V. Nolan Jr. 1989. Within-season breeding dispersal in Prairie Warblers and other passerines. Condor 91:233-241.
21. Kappes, J. J., Jr. 1997. Defining cavity-associated interactions between Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and other cavity-dependent species: interspecific competition or cavity kleptoparasitism. Auk 114:778-780.
22. Kappes, J. J., Jr., and L. D. Harris. 1995. Interspecific competition for Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities in the Apalachicola National Forest. Pages 389-393 in D. L. Kulhavy, R. G. Hooper, and R. Costa, editors. Red-cockaded woodpecker: recovery, ecology, and management. Center for Applied Studies in Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA.
23. Koenig, W. D., R. L. Mumme, and F. A. Pitelka. 1984. The breeding system of the Acorn Woodpecker in central coastal California. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 65:289-308.
24. Korpimäki, E. 1993. Does nest-hole quality, poor breeding success or food depletion drive the breeding dispersal of Tengmalm's Owls? Journal of Animal Ecology 62:606-613.
25. LaBranche, M. S., and J. R. Walters. 1994. Patterns of mortality in nests of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in the Sandhills of southcentral North Carolina. Wilson Bulletin 106: 258-271.
26. Lennartz, M. R., R. G. Hooper, and R. F. Harlow. 1987. Sociality and cooperative breeding of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 20:77-88.
27. Ligon, J. D., and S. H. Ligon. 1990. Green Woodhoopoes: life history traits and sociality. Pages 33-65 in P. B. Stacey and W. D. Koenig, editors. Cooperative breeding in birds: long-term studies of ecology and behavior. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
28. Linden, M. 1991. Divorce in Great Tits - chance or choice? An experimental approach. American Naturalist 138:1039-1048.
29. Montalvo, S., and J. Potti. 1992. Breeding dispersal in Spanish Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca. Ornis Scandinavica 23:491-498.
30. Murphy, M. T. 1996. Survivorship, breeding dispersal, and mate fidelity in Eastern Kingbirds. Condor 98:82-92.
31. Orell, M., S. Rytkonen, and K. Koivula. 1994. Causes of divorce in the monogamous Willow Tit, Parus montanus, and consequences for reproductive success. Animal Behaviour 48:1143-1154-.
32. Otter, K., and L. Ratcliffe. 1996. Female initiated divorce in a monogamous songbird: abandoning mates for males of higher quality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 263:351-354.
33. Part, T., and L. Gustafsson. 1989. Breeding dispersal in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis): possible causes and reproductive consequences. Journal of Animal Ecology 58:305-320.
34. Payne, R. B., and L. L. Payne. 1993. Breeding dispersal in Indigo Buntings: circumstances and consequences for breeding success and population structure. Condor 95:1-24.
35. Petit, L. J., and D. R. Petit. 1996. Factors governing habitat selection by Prothonotary Warblers: field tests of the Fretwell-Lucas models. Ecological Monographs 66:367-387.
36. Rice, W. R. 1989. Analyzing tables of statistical tests. Evolution 43:223-225.
37. Rudolph, D. C., R. N. Conner, and J. Turner. 1990. Competition for Red-cockaded Woodpecker roost and nest cavities: effects of resin age and entrance diameter. Wilson Bulletin 102:23-36.
38. Walters, J. R. 1990. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers: a "primitive" cooperative breeder. Pages 67-101 in P. B. Stacey and W. D. Koenig, editors. Cooperative breeding in birds: long-term studies of ecology and behavior. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
39. Walters, J. R. 1991. Application of ecological principles to the management of endangered species. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 22:505-523.
40. Walters, J. R., P. D. Doerr, and J. H. Carter III. 1988. The cooperative breeding system of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Ethology 78:275-305.
41. Woolfenden, G. E., and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1984. The Florida Scrub Jay. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.