Decision rules for site fidelity in a migratory bird, the Prothonotary Warbler

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 416-430

  Hoover, Jeffrey P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rules; Migratory bird; Predictability of territory quality; Prothonotary Warbler; Protonotaria citrea; Reproductive success; Site fidelity; Territory fidelity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; SITE FIDELITY;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; PASSERIFORMES; PROTONOTARIA; PROTONOTARIA CITREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0038474540     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0416:DRFSFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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