Does predation select for or against avian coloniality? A comparative analysis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1490-1503

  Varela, S A M ^a,c   Danchin, E ^a,c   Wagner, R H ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Ciconiiformes; Coloniality; Nest predation; Phylogenetic analyses; Static vs. dynamic aggregations

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COLONIALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; VULNERABILITY; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; NESTING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 34250789142     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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