Small-scale demographic structure suggests preemptive behavior in a flocking shorebird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1226-1233

  Leyrer, Jutta ^a,b,d   Lok, Tamar ^a,b   Brugge, Maarten ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Van Gils, Jan A ^a   Sandercock, Brett K ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus canutus; capture recapture models; carryover effect; high tide roost; ideal preemptive distribution; multi state models; seagrass; sex ratio; site fidelity; survival.

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; OVERWINTERING; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SHELLFISH; SITE FIDELITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WADER;

BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA;

EID: 84867825003     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars106     Document Type: Article

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