Aggression by Australian Magpies Gymnorhina tibicen toward human intruders

Emu

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-90

  Cilento, Nicholas J ^a   Jones, Darryl N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE;

GYMNORHINA TIBICEN;

EID: 0033152405     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU99011     Document Type: Article

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