Sex-specific differences in site fidelity and the cost of dispersal in yellow-headed blackbirds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-114

  Ward, Michael P ^a,b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Patch reproductive success; Reproductive success; Site dominance; Site familiarity; Site fidelity; Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus; Yellow headed blackbird

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; XANTHOCEPHALUS; XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS;

EID: 26444470974     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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