Site fidelity in habitats with contrasting levels of nest predation and brood parasitism

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 633-648

  Schmidt, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Habitat selection; Metapopulation; Nest predation; Site fidelity; Songbirds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041816465     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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