Territory choice during the breeding tenure of male sedge warblers

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2305-2317

  Zając, Tadeusz ^a   Bielański, Wojciech ^a   Solarz, Wojciech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age; Arrival date; Ecological trap; Environmental cues; Site tenacity; Territory fidelity; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LAND COVER; SEASONALITY; SEDGE; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ACROCEPHALUS SCHOENOBAENUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 80955158499     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1241-z     Document Type: Article

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