Competitor density cues for habitat quality facilitating habitat selection and investment decisions

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Forsman, Jukka T ^a,b   Hjernquist, Mårten B ^a   Taipale, Jenni ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Habitat selection; Interspecific competition; Offspring investment; Public information; Social information; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVESTMENT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY RISK; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; PARUS;

EID: 45349088096     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn005     Document Type: Article

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