Urban life promotes delayed dispersal and family living in a non-social bird species

Abstract In some vertebrate species, family units are typically formed when sexually mature individuals delay dispersal and independent breeding to remain as subordinates in a breeding group. This behaviour has been intensively studied in gregarious species but has also been described in non-social...

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Main Authors: Álvaro Luna, Nicolás A. Lois, Sol Rodríguez-Martinez, Antonio Palma, Ana Sanz-Aguilar, José L. Tella, Martina Carrete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80344-8