Breeders and floaters use different habitat cover: Should habitat use be a social status-dependent strategy?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1215-1223

  Campioni, Letizia ^a   Lourenço, Rui ^a,b   Delgado, María del Mar ^a,c   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; Eagle Owl; Floaters; Habitat use; Social status; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; ROOSTING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADE-OFF;

BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84866437564     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0852-0     Document Type: Article

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