Male Seychelles warblers use territory budding to maximize lifetime fitness in a saturated environment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 706-715

  Komdeur, Jan ^a,b   Edelaar, Pim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus sechellensis; Budding; Dispersal; Helping; Lifetime reproductive success; Seychelles warbler; Territory inheritance

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORY;

ARIDE ISLAND; SEYCHELLES;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS;

EID: 0035669550     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.6.706     Document Type: Article

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