Fidelity at the frontier: Divorce and dispersal in a newly colonized raptor population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 93, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Martin, R O ^a   Koeslag, A ^a   Curtis, O ^a,b   Amar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accipiter melanoleucus; Better option hypothesis; Black sparrowhawk; Breeding dispersal; Colonization; Incompatibility hypothesis; Partner fidelity; Population growth; Range expansion; Range margin

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; INCOMPATIBILITY; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPTOR; RECOLONIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORY;

CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84901191796     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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