Selection for territory acquisition is modulated by social network structure in a wild songbird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 547-556

  Farine, Damien R ^a,b,c   Sheldon, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paridae; Fission fusion dynamics; Group living; Natural selection; Phenotypic composition; Population structure; Social network analysis; Social selection

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BREEDING SITE; CONSPECIFIC; NATURAL SELECTION; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL NETWORK; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; PARIDAE; PASSERI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENGLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84926151434     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12587     Document Type: Article

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