Immigration prevents inbreeding in a growing colony of a long-lived and philopatric seabird

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Ludwig, Sonja C ^a,b   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Common Tern; Dispersal; Inbreeding avoidance; Kinship; Pedigree; Random mate choice

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; IMMIGRATION; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KINSHIP; MATE CHOICE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PHILOPATRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 83855162156     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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