Queuing for preferred territories: Delayed dispersal of Siberian jays

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 317-324

  Ekman, Jan ^a   Eggers, Sönke ^a   Griesser, Michael ^a   Tegelström, Håkan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delayed dispersal; Habitat quality; Kin groups; Perisoreus infaustus; Queuing

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORY;

PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 0035025685     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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