Sammanfattning

5. Our findings suggest that the use of multiple cues reduces the negative impact of stochasticity on the reliability of social cues at small spatial scales (e. g. territories) and hence increases the probability of breeding success in the next year. Also, the use of conspecific attraction (i. e. the preference for breeding aggregations) is selectively advantageous because individuals are more likely to find a vacancy in an aggregation as compared to a solitary site. By extension, we hypothesize that species life-history traits may influence the spatial scale of prospecting behaviour and habitat selection strategies.

Nyckelord

conspecific attraction; cueing; floater; migratory; site fidelity; social information

Publicerad i

Journal of Animal Ecology
2011, Volym: 80, nummer: 6, sidor: 1227-1235

SLU författare

• Pärt, Tomas

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Arlt, Debora

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • University of Reading

• Low, Matthew

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ecology
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Zoology


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01854.x

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/36364