Doherty, Paul F.; Nichols, James D.; Tautin, John; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 13 (2002) 4, pp. 543-550
Generalizations used to support hypotheses about the evolution of fidelity to breeding areas in birds include the tendency for fidelity to be greater in adult birds than in yearlings. In ducks, in contrast to most bird species, fidelity is thought to be greater among females than males....