Winter resource wealth drives delayed dispersal and family-group living in western bluebirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1579, 2005, Pages 2423-2428

  Dickinson, Janis L ^a,b   McGowan, Andrew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluebird; Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Mistletoe; Resource wealth

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BREED; FEEDING; GENETIC RESOURCE; KIN SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VISCUM ALBUM; WINTER;

SIALIA MEXICANA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 27644541373     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3269     Document Type: Article

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