Does male badge size signal status in small island populations of house sparrows, Passer domesticus?

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Solberg, Erling Johan ^a   Ringsby, Thor Harald ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

BADGE SIZE; DOMINANCE; HOUSE SPARROW;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030617054     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00114.x     Document Type: Article

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