Disentangling site and mate fidelity in a monogamous population under strong nest site competition

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-259

  Bai, Mei Ling ^a   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Better option hypothesis; Decision rule; Habitat mediated mate choice; Incompatibility hypothesis; Lanyu scops owl; Mate fidelity; Otus elegans botelensis; Path analysis; Prior residence; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DECISION MAKING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATE FIDELITY; NEST SITE; PATH ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE FIDELITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; OTUS; OTUS ELEGANS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84862643261     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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