Melanin-based coloration predicts natal dispersal in the barn owl, Tyto alba

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 805-812

  van den Brink, Valentijn ^a   Dreiss, Amélie N ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Barn owl; Breeding dispersal; Local adaptation; Natal dispersal; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COLOR; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MELANIN; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84866945825     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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