Male-biased dispersal, female philopatry, and routes to fitness in a social corvid

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 150-159

  Williams, Dean A ^a,b   Rabenold, Kerry N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; New World jays; Sex biased dispersal; Tropical birds

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; KINSHIP; MATE GUARDING; PASSERINE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; CYANOCORAX; MAMMALIA; PSILORHINUS MORIO;

EID: 13844284212     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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