Tracking prospecting movements involved in breeding habitat selection: Insights, pitfalls and perspectives

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-150

  Ponchon, Aurore ^a   Grémillet, David ^a,b   Doligez, Blandine ^c,d   Chambert, Thierry ^e   Tveraa, Torkild ^f   González Solís, Jacob ^g   Boulinier, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; Breeding habitat choice; Dispersal decisions; Individual strategies; Social information; Spatial population ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873539137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00259.x     Document Type: Review

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