Experimental test on public information use in the colonial Lesser Kestrel

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 783-800

  Aparicio, José Miguel ^a   Bonal, Raúl ^b   Muñoz, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat selection; Colonial breeding; Conspecific attraction; Dispersal; Falco naumanni

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; BROOD SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 34848820940     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9151-7     Document Type: Article

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