Spatial distribution of communal nests in a colonial breeding bird: Benefits without costs?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 607-613

  Gießelmann, Urs Christian ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b   Meyer, Jork ^a   Vogel, Melanie ^c   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coloniality; Intercolony competition; Philetairus socius; Ripley's K; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; NEST; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SAVANNA; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 64549160318     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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