Public information affects breeding dispersal in a colonial bird: Kittiwakes cue on neighbours

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 538-540

  Boulinier, Thierry ^a   McCoy, Karen D ^b   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^c   Gasparini, Julien ^d   Tveraa, Torkild ^e  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat selection; Coloniality; Conspecific performance; Prospecting

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COLONIAL BREEDING; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PATCH DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SITE FIDELITY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 51549111450     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0291     Document Type: Article

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