Public information facilitates habitat selection of a territorial species: the eastern kingbird

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 457-463

  Redmond, Lucas J ^a   Murphy, Michael T ^a   Dolan, Amy C ^a   Sexton, Karen ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conspecific attraction; eastern kingbird; habitat copying; habitat selection; public information; Tyrannus tyrannus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSPECIFIC; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TERRITORIALITY;

HEXAPODA; TYRANNUS; TYRANNUS TYRANNUS;

EID: 58349107083     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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