Nonideal breeding habitat selection: A mismatch between preference and fitness

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 792-801

  Arlt, Debora ^a   Pärt, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conspecific attraction; Ecological trap; Farmland birds; Habitat selection; Occupancy; Preference; Public information; Recruitment; Territory quality and establishment

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT; SITE SELECTION; TERRITORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE;

EID: 34247112503     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0574     Document Type: Article

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