Social environment affects juvenile dispersal in great tits (Parus major)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 827-837

  Nicolaus, Marion ^a   Michler, Stephanie P M ^a   Jalvingh, Kirsten M ^a   Ubels, Richard ^a   van der Velde, Marco ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a   Both, Christiaan ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Informed dispersal; Intraspecific competition; Natal dispersal; Parus major; Prospecting; Public information; Social information

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84862674728     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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