Delayed dispersal and territory acquisition in neotropical buff-breasted wrens (Thryothorus leucotis)

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-378

  Gill, Sharon A ^a   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buff breasted Wren; Delayed dispersal; Dispersal distance; Family living; Local recruitment; Natal dispersal; Sex differences; Thryothorus leucotis

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; PHILOPATRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; THRYOTHORUS LEUCOTIS;

EID: 77951907068     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09025     Document Type: Article

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