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JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
Volume 158, Issue 1, Pages 327-332Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-016-1373-z
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Incubation behaviour; Nest attentiveness; Radio-tracking; Rallus aquaticus; Zapornia parva
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- European Union
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Home range varies with individual traits, environment, and time, but studies relating variations to behavioural traits are scarce. We investigated variation in home-range size in nesting rallids in relation to incubation effort, sex, weight, available space, and food abundance. In Water Rail, individuals more involved in incubation had smaller home-ranges, regardless of sex, whereas in Little Crake both parents incubate with similar effort, and the main factor positively affecting home-range size was available space. Results suggested that home-range size during the nesting period may vary according to incubation behaviour, especially in species with high inter-individual variation in incubation effort.
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