Social carry-over effects underpin trans-seasonally linked structure in a wild bird population

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1324-1332

  Firth, Josh A ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carry over effects; habitat selection; social networks; social relationships; spatial structure; territory choice

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84987653411     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12669     Document Type: Letter

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