Dispersal strategies in Tasmanian native hens (Gallinula mortierii)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 328-336

  Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Putland, David A ^a   Robertson, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Ecological constraints; Gallinula mortierii; Philopatry; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

AVES; GALLINULA; GALLINULA MORTIERII;

EID: 0036558632     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.3.328     Document Type: Article

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