Our paper is out in the new issue of Ornithology: "Effects of age, breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on territory size and shape in Savannah Sparrows." @amornith.bsky.social
Free access: https://tinyurl.com/3zxssu99
We made 5 discoveries about territory size in birds...
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Free access: https://tinyurl.com/3zxssu99
We made 5 discoveries about territory size in birds...
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Territory size varied with male age: older males had larger territories.
Territory size varied with male breeding strategy: polygynous males had larger territories. [3/7]
Territory size varied with population density: territories were larger at low population densities.
Territory size varied with local density (number of neighbours): males with more neighbours had larger territories. [4/7]
Territory shape varied with local density. When males had more neighbours, their territories were more irregularly shaped (they were less circular). [5/7]
Read our paper here: https://tinyurl.com/3zxssu99
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