Conspecific cues and breeding habitat selection in an endangered woodland warbler

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1056-1064

  Farrell, Shannon L ^a   Morrison, Michael L ^a   Campomizzi, Andrew J ^a   Wilkins, R Neal ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspecific attraction; Density dependence; Golden cheeked warbler; Public information; Social information

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTAGONISM; BREEDING SITE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; PAIR BOND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA CHRYSOPARIA; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 84864949323     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01995.x     Document Type: Article

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