Sex biased natal dispersal is not a fixed trait in a stable population of Seychelles warblers

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1577-1590

  Eikenaar, Cas ^a,b   Brouwer, Lyanne ^a,c   Komdeur, Jan ^a   Richardson, David S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURE SEYCHELLES   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus sechellensis; delayed dispersal; habitat change; natal dispersal; sex bias; sex ratio; territory quality

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS;

EID: 77957579328     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579510X510511     Document Type: Article

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