Immigrants are attracted by local pre-breeders and recruits in a seabird colony

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1015-1024

  Szostek, K Lesley ^a   Schaub, Michael ^b   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Common tern; Conspecific attraction; Dispersal; Local recruitment; Mate availability; Public information; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; IMMIGRATION; LIFE HISTORY; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

STERNA HIRUNDO;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CHARADRIIFORMES; GERMANY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHARADRIIFORMES; GERMANY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906314107     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12206     Document Type: Article

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