Prospecting behavior and the influenceof forest cover on natal dispersal in aresident bird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1068-1077

  Cox, Allison S ^a   Kesler, Dylan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian bridges; corridors; dispersal age; foray; habitat connectivity; Melanerpes carolinus; natal dispersal; prospecting; red bellied woodpecker; sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MOVEMENT; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENT POPULATION; ROOST SITE; SEX ROLE;

AVES; MELANERPES CAROLINUS; PICIDAE;

EID: 84862287400     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars076     Document Type: Article

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