The effect of sibling competition on the subsequent social status of juvenile North American Black-billed Magpies Pica pica hudsonia

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Trost, Charles H ^a   Webb, Cheryl L ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchies; Magpie Pica pica hudsonia; Sibling competition; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000005301     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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