Physical habitat quality and interspecific competition interact to influence territory settlement and reproductive success in a cavity nesting bird

Determining how to best measure habitat quality is essential for many conservation plans and basic ecological questions. Territory quality is thought to be a product of physical habitat characteristics (i.e. habitat quality) and the density of competitors yet these relationships are rarely demonstra...

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Main Authors: John Anthony Jones, Morgan R Harris, Lynn eSiefferman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2014.00071/full