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The importance of site to mate choice: Mate and site fidelity in Piping Plovers

The importance of site to mate choice: Mate and site fidelity in Piping Plovers

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The importance of site to mate choice: Mate and site fidelity in Piping Plovers

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Full title

The importance of site to mate choice: Mate and site fidelity in Piping Plovers

Publisher

Waco: The American Ornithologists' Union

Journal title

The Auk, 2015-01, Vol.132 (1), p.265-276

Language

English

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Waco: The American Ornithologists' Union

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Contents

Each breeding season, seasonally monogamous birds can divorce or reunite with their previous year's mate, assuming both partners survive and return. We tested a suite of variables related to mate choice and site choice to determine which of 4 prominent mate fidelity hypotheses (better [mate] option, habitat mediated, musical chairs, and bet-hedging...

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The importance of site to mate choice: Mate and site fidelity in Piping Plovers

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1690681927

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1690681927

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ISSN

0004-8038,1938-4254

E-ISSN

1938-4254,2732-4613

DOI

10.1642/AUK-14-100.1

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