Traditional versus non-traditional nest-site choice: Alternative decision strategies for nest-site selection

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Hoi, H ^a   Kristin A ^b   Valera, F ^c   Hoi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lesser grey shrike; Nest site selection; Nest site tradition; Past reproductive success; Use of social information

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLEDGING; HABITAT TYPE; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; LANIUS MINOR;

EID: 84859648738     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2193-8     Document Type: Article

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