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   Natal dispersal in the Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Kate F Carstens --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Reshma Kassanjee --- Department of Statistical Sciences, South Africa Robin M Little --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Peter G Ryan --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Philip AR Hockey --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa

   Dispersal is of ecological and evolutionary importance for population biology because it affects a species’ ability to expand its range, to colonise new favourable habitats and to increase the likelihood of population persistence. Male birds are mostly philopatric, delaying dispersal...

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