Public information in selection of nesting colony by lesser kestrels: which cues are used and when are they obtained?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1611-1617

  Calabuig, Gustau ^a   Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Aparicio, José Miguel ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a  

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

Author keywords

breeding habitat selection; coloniality; conspecific attraction; dispersal; Falco naumanni; immigration; lesser kestrel; performance based attraction; public information

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; BROOD SIZE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; FLEDGING; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SITE SELECTION;

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 42049083958     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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