Ecological specialization to fluctuating resources prevents long-distance migratory raptors from becoming sedentary on islands.

BACKGROUND: The adaptive transition between behavioral strategies, such as the shift from migratoriness to sedentariness, remains an outstanding question in evolutionary ecology. Density-dependent variation in the age of first breeding has been proposed as a feasible mechanism through which long-liv...

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Main Authors: Laura Gangoso, Pascual López-López, Juan Manuel Grande, Ugo Mellone, Rubén Limiñana, Vicente Urios, Miguel Ferrer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3634022?pdf=render