Dominance affects resource partitioning in pigeons, but pair bonds do not

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 833-840

  Robichaud, David ^a,b   Lefebvre, Louis ^a   Robidoux, Lucie ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PAIR BOND; PIGEON; RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

EID: 0030442571     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z96-096     Document Type: Article

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