Effects of site fidelity and breeding performance on mate retention in a short-lived passerine, the tree swallow Thachycineta bicolor

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-499

  Llambías, Paulo E ^a   Wrege, Peter ^a   Winkler, David W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; NEST; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; SITE FIDELITY;

ITHACA [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 51649118555     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04274.x     Document Type: Article

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