Mechanisms underlying small-scale partial migration of a subtropical owl

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Bai, Mei Ling ^a   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^a   Philippart, Mark Todd ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

alternative strategy; arrival time hypothesis; body size hypothesis; condition dependent decision; dominance hypothesis; partial migration

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; DOMINANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PROFITABILITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; OTUS; OTUS ELEGANS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84555170593     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr168     Document Type: Article

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