La proximité, qui semble surtout un effet de la préférence de microhabitat, augmente probablement les chances de survie et de succès à la reproduction au cours du printemps suivant.

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Proximity, though possibly primarily an effect of microhabitat preference, may increase the chance of both survival and successful reproduction in the following spring.