Sequential settlement and site dependence in a migratory raptor

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 811-821

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Blas, Julio ^b   Forero, Manuela G ^a   Donázar, José Antonio ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrival date; Dominance; Ideal despotic; Individual quality; Milvus migrans; Preemption; Site dependence; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; CONSPECIFIC; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RAPTOR; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TERRITORY;

ACCIPITRIDAE; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES;

EID: 34548404197     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm052     Document Type: Article

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