Effects of sociality on short-distance, female-biased dispersal in tropical wrens

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1042-1055

  Yáber, María Carolina ^a,b   Rabenold, Kerry N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Dispersal distance; Sex biased dispersal; Tropical birds; Vertebrate sociality

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMPYLORHYNCHUS; CAMPYLORHYNCHUS NUCHALIS; CORVIDAE; PSILORHINUS MORIO; TROGLODYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036848845     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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