Predictors of floater status in a long-lived bird: A cross-sectional and longitudinal test of hypotheses

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Blas, Julio ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dominance; Floating; Nonbreeders; Territoriality; Territory acquisition

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DOMINANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PREDICTION; TERRITORIALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES;

EID: 57549100882     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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