Effects of breeding success, mate fidelity and senescence on breeding dispersal of male and female blue-footed boobies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-479

  Kim, Sin Yeon ^a   Torres, Roxana ^a   Rodríguez, Cristina ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ageing; Decision making; Habitat selection; Life history traits; Personal information hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE FIDELITY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRITORIALITY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; SULA NEBOUXII;

EID: 34247235211     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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