Differential dispersal costs and sex-biased dispersal distance in a cooperatively breeding bird

Sjouke A. Kingma, Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke and David S. Richardson

Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, issue 4, 1113-1121

Abstract: Lay SummaryWhy does the distance that animals disperse between their natal and breeding territory usually differ between males and females? We show that in cooperatively breeding Seychelles warblers males are reluctant to disperse and disperse less far than females. We suggest that this may be because for males, dispersal is more costly due to more aggression from other territorial males.Twitter: @SjoukeKingma

Keywords: cooperative breeding; delayed dispersal; habitat saturation; inbreeding; sex-biased dispersal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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