Balancing selection is a classic mechanism for maintaining variability in immune genes
involved in host–pathogen interactions. However, it remains unclear how widespread the …

Social evolution is tightly linked to dispersal decisions, but the ecological and social factors
selecting for philopatry or dispersal often remain obscure. Elucidating selection mechanisms …

Dispersal is a key process influencing the dynamics of socially and spatially structured
populations. Dispersal success is determined by the state of individuals at emigration and …

Male‐biased sex ratios occur in many bird species, particularly in those with small or
declining populations, but the causes of these skews and their consequences for local …

Long‐distance breeding and natal dispersal play central roles in many ecological and
evolutionary processes, including gene flow, population dynamics, range expansion, and …

Highlights•Failed breeders nesting among failed conspecifics were tracked with GPS-
UHF.•Their movement patterns and nest presence differed from those of successful …

Before making dispersal decisions, many species are known to gather social information by
prospecting potential future breeding sites, especially when they have failed breeding. So …

Dispersal is essential for population persistence in transient environments. While costs of
dispersal are ubiquitous, individual advantages of dispersal remain poorly understood. Not …

In most socially structured populations, the formation of new groups depends on the survival
and reproduction of dispersing individuals. Quantifying vital rates in dispersers, however, is …

Dispersal in raptors and their underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown because of
the difficulties inherent to track highly mobile and often shy species across large landscapes …