An incident of female-female aggression in the House Wren

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 130-132

  Alworth, Tom ^a   Scheiber, Isabella B R ^b  

^a E N Huyck Preserve Biol Res Stn   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; PASSERINE;

TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 0032981982     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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