Parent-offspring competition and natal dispersal at several spatial scales in the great tit, Parus major
Models predict that condition-dependent dispersal can be promoted by variation in the intensity of kin competition. In particular, natal dispersal should be reduced as the parents' chances of survival decrease with age. The response to parental age should depend on the offspring's sex beca...
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2004
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