Heritable choice of colony size in cliff swallows: Does experience trump genetics in older birds?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1275-1285

  Roche, Erin A ^a   Brown, Charles R ^a   Brown, Mary Bomberger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliff swallow; Coloniality; Colony choice; Habitat selection; Heritability of social behaviour; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HABITAT SELECTION; HERITABILITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REARING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA;

EID: 82355192256     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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