Settlement decisions in blue tits: Difference in the use of social information according to age and individual success

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 749-757

  Parejo, Deseada ^a   White, Joel ^b   Danchin, Etienne ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; Habitat copying; Habitat quality assessment; Immigration; Social attraction; Social cues

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSPECIFIC; DISPERSAL; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MATE ATTRACTION; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 34547700552     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0253-z     Document Type: Article

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