Colony size as a predictor of breeding behaviour in a common waterbird.

The choice of colony size may have profound consequences for individual fitness in colonially breeding birds, but at the same time it may require certain behavioural adaptations. Here, we aimed to examine behavioural divergence of common terns Sterna hirundo nesting in colonies of different size. Fo...

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Main Authors: Piotr Minias, Kamila Gach, Radosław Włodarczyk, Maciej Bartos, Joanna Drzewińska-Chańko, Miłosz Rembowski, Dariusz Jakubas, Tomasz Janiszewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241602