Search, settle, reside & resing. Territory acquisition in the oystercather.

In many territorial species, such as the oystercatcher, a fraction of all mature individuals does not breed. These mature nonbreeders, or floaters, often behave
inconspicuously and little is known about how they organize their lives and attempt to settle in the population. The acquisition of a territory by a floating
oystercatcher is usually preceded by becoming familiar with a small area, mainly through short inspection visits (intrusions) to occupied territories. We observed
intrusion behavior of floaters (chapter 2), subsequently removed breeding birds and then observed floaters as they were filling these artificially created vacancies
(chapter 3). See: summary.

Samenvatting

Meer informatie in de catalogus
Meer informatie in Picarta