Adaptive site selection rules and variation in group size of barn swallows: Individual decisions predict population patterns

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-131

  Safran, Rebecca Jo ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspecific reproductive success; Group size; Hirundo rustica; Nest reuse; Site selection

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; PASSERINE; SITE FIDELITY; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CUES; DECISION MAKING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SWALLOWS;

HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 4143070226     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422198     Document Type: Article

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