Social inertia in white-throated sparrows results from recognition of opponents

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 453-463

  Wiley, R Haven ^a,b   Steadman, Laura ^a,c   Chadwick, Laura ^a,d   Wollerman, Lori ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 0033082315     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0991     Document Type: Article

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