Territoriality, prospecting, and dispersal in cooperatively breeding micronesian kingfishers (Todiramphus cinnamominus reichenbachii)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-395

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a,b,c   Haig, Susan M ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caroline islands; Dispersal; Foray; Halcyon cinnamomina; Homesteading; Micronesia; Prospecting; Todiramphus cinnamominus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; COURTSHIP; DISPERSAL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; TODIRHAMPHUS CINNAMOMINUS;

EID: 34249050113     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[381:TPADIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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