Sex difference in criteria determining fidelity towards breeding sites in the great cormorant

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 214-223

  Schjørring, Solveig ^a,c   Gregersen, Jens ^b   Bregnballe, Thomas ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark   (Denmark)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Habitat selection; Performance and familiarity of neighbours; Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis; Spatial and temporal autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FAMILIARITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SITE FIDELITY;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 0034060794     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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