Evidence of a link between survival and pair fidelity across multiple tit populations

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 507-515

  Culina, Antica ^a   Lachish, Shelly ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTURE METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; MARKING METHOD; PAIR BOND; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84941731959     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jav.00661     Document Type: Article

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