Females call the shots: Breeding dispersal and divorce in blue tits

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 932-939

  García Navas, Vicente ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; dispersal; divorce; mate choice; mating behavior; territory quality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; DIVORCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLEDGING; HATCHING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE CHOICE; NATURAL SELECTION; PAIR BOND; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 80052218957     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr067     Document Type: Article

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