Context-, phenotype-, and kin-dependent natal dispersal of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 180-190

  Scandolara, Chiara ^a,b,c   Lardelli, Roberto ^b,c   Sgarbi, Giovanni ^c   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Ambrosini, Roberto ^d   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Fondazione Bolle di Magadino   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dispersal; Habitat quality; Hatching date; Sex

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY MASS; COLONY; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING DATE; INBREEDING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATAL DISPERSAL; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX RATIO; SIBLING;

EID: 84890615899     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art103     Document Type: Article

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