Intermittent breeding as a cost of site fidelity

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-556

  Bruinzeel, Leo W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Haematopus ostralegus; Life history; Oystercatcher; Site faithfulness

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSPECIFIC; DIVORCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY; WADER;

EURASIA;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 33846488989     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0283-0     Document Type: Article

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