| effects of individual condition and habitat quality on natal dispersal behaviour in a small rodent. | 1. individuals should benefit from settling in high-quality habitats, but dispersers born under favourable conditions have a better physical condition and should therefore be more successful at settling in high-quality habitats. 2. we tested these predictions with root voles (microtus oeconomus) by a manipulation of individual condition through litter-size enlargement and reduction during lactation combined with a manipulation of habitat quality through degradation of the vegetation cover. we ac ... | 2011 | 21521215 |