Sex biased natal dispersal in a closed, saturated population of Seychelles warblers Acrocephalus sechellensis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Eikenaar, Cas ^a   Richardson, David S ^b   Brouwer, Lyanne ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; NATAL DISPERSAL; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; AVES;

EID: 37849043323     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04124.x     Document Type: Article

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