Causes and consequences of breeding dispersal and divorce in a blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1949-1963

  Valcu, Mihai ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; dispersal; divorce; extrapair paternity; habitat choice; mate choice; mating behaviour; sexual conflict; territory quality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; DIVORCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MATE CHOICE; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 44349178000     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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