Heritability of short-scale natal dispersal in a large-scale foraging bird, the wandering albatross

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1487-1496

  Charmantier, A ^a   Buoro, M ^a,b   Gimenez, O ^a   Weimerskirch, H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian framework; Heritability; Liability to disperse; Local scale; Natal dispersal; Seabird; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NATAL DISPERSAL; PERSISTENCE; SEABIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

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

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 79959332426     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02281.x     Document Type: Article

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