Bilateral symmetry and social dominance in captive male red-winged blackbirds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Dufour, Kevin W ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilateral symmetry; Dominance; Intra sexual competition Red winged blackbird

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL SYMMETRY; DOMINANCE; FOOD COMPETITION; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0031966656     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050413     Document Type: Article

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