Delayed dispersal as a route to breeding: Territorial inheritance, safe havens, and ecological constraints

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 468-484

  Kokko, Hanna ^a   Ekman, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benefits of philopatry; Competition for breeding; Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Ecological constraints; Queuing

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; LIFE HISTORY; PHILOPATRY;

PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 0036792908     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342074     Document Type: Article

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