Small-scale dispersal and survival in a long-lived seabird, the wandering albatross

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 879-887

  Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Milot, Emmanuel ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Colony size, Conspecific attraction, Fidelity to colony, Philopatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLONY; CONSPECIFIC; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; POSSESSION ISLAND [CROZET ISLANDS];

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77957657839     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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