The importance of a good neighborhood: Dispersal decisions in juvenile common lizards are based on social environment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1059-1067

  Vercken, Elodie ^a   Sinervo, Barry ^b   Clobert, Jean ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

color polymorphism; frequency dependence; ideal free distribution; natal dispersal; public information; spatial niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AUTOCORRELATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COLOR; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; JUVENILE; LIZARD; NATAL DISPERSAL; NICHE PARTITIONING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 84865728417     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars075     Document Type: Article

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