Project

Effects of Afrotropical rainforest fragmentation on life-history strategies in a cooperative breeding bird.

Code
3G030813
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 December 2018
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
Keywords
cooperative breeding Afrotropical bird habitat fragmentation dispersal
 
Project description

We will study how territory quality, habitat fragmentation and isolation shape reproductive, dispersal, settlement, and territorial strategies in fragmented populations of a tropical, cooperative breeder. Hypotheses will be tested by non-invasive measures and samples, field experiments, behavioral observations and a population model that tests how environmental quality and cooperation drive the joint evolution of sex-specific dispersal distance and timing.