Intraspecific social information use in the selection of nest site characteristics

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-633

  Loukola, Olli J ^a   Seppänen, Janne Tuomas ^b   Forsman, Jukka T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dominance; Great tit; Nest site choice; Nest visit; Parus major; Social information

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LATITUDE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEST SITE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84857063904     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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