Breeding habitat selection in cliff swallows: The effect of conspecific reproductive success on colony choice

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-142

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Brown, Mary Bomberger ^a   Danchin, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Coloniality; Conspecific attraction; Fitness; Nebraska; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CONSPECIFIC; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA;

EID: 0033965188     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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