Environmental and social constraints on breeding site selection. Does the exploded-lek and hotspot model apply to the Houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata undulata?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-404

  Hingrat, Yves ^a   Jalme, Michel Saint ^b   Chalah, Toni ^a   Orhant, Nicolas ^a   Lacroix, Frédéric ^a  

^a Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP)   (Morocco)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA;

EID: 64549115471     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.03994.x     Document Type: Article

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