1978
DOI: 10.1086/283298
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The "Underworld" in a Territorial Sparrow: Adaptive Strategy for Floaters

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“…In particular, many populations of birds have a contingent of breeding age individuals that are thwarted from breeding by a shortage of resources, particularly territories. In many species, these individuals become floaters (i.e., presumed to roam in search of vacant territories) that tend to be behaviorally cryptic (Smith 1978, Stutchbury and Robertson 1985. There is some evidence that a proportion of floater Tree Swallows breed, but not to the same extent as regular box occupants (Lombardo 1988, Lifjeld et al 1993, Shutler and Clark 2003.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In particular, many populations of birds have a contingent of breeding age individuals that are thwarted from breeding by a shortage of resources, particularly territories. In many species, these individuals become floaters (i.e., presumed to roam in search of vacant territories) that tend to be behaviorally cryptic (Smith 1978, Stutchbury and Robertson 1985. There is some evidence that a proportion of floater Tree Swallows breed, but not to the same extent as regular box occupants (Lombardo 1988, Lifjeld et al 1993, Shutler and Clark 2003.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, in any territorial species whose members establish stable home ranges in or near territorial neighbourhoods, individuals can repeatedly intrude into particular territories: examples include species in which neighbours regularly intrude into one another's territories (Temeles 1994;Gordon & Kulig 1996), or in which 'floaters' living in or near territorial neighbourhoods repeatedly intrude into nearby territories (e.g. Smith 1978;Arcese 1987;Stamps & Eason 1989;Rohner 1997). …”
Section:  2001 the Association For The Study Of Animal Behaviourmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ad libitum. All previous studies of monitoring replacement in response to vacancies suggest that is ample time for replacement to occur (Smith 1978, Levin 1996. AU birds did well in captivity with no individuals losing weight.…”
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confidence: 80%
“…Furthermore, floaters seem to confine their movements to include a maximum of 3-4 territories that brings them into close proximity of the territorial birds on a regular basis. Confined floating such as this allows the individual to benefit from knowledge of the terrain and potential mates and would also allow them to establish dominance relations with other floaters in the area (Smith 1978). Thus, floaters on a territory would be the first to detect the absence of the territory owner and, therefore, would have the first opportunity to settle into the newly created vacancy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%