Intrasexual aggression of female collared flycatchers (Ficedula Albicollis): Competition for male parental care?

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Kral, Miroslav ^a   Sætre, Glenn Peter ^b   Bičík, Vítězslav ^c  

^a Forestry Commission   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

collared flycatcher; female female aggression; Ficedula albicollis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLLARED FLYCATCHER; PARENTAL CARE;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0029660185     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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