Social organisation and foraging ecology of the cooperatively breeding Chestnut-crowned Babbler (pomatostomus ruficeps)

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-162

  Portelli, Dean J ^a   Barclay, Holly ^b   Russell, Deborah J F ^c   Griffith, Simon C ^d   Russell, Andrew F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits of philopatry; Ecological constraints; Home range; Plural breeding.

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

POMATOSTOMUS RUFICEPS; TIMALIIDAE;

EID: 67650991999     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU08065     Document Type: Article

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