Asymmetries in male aggression across an avian hybrid zone

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-101

  Pearson, Scott F ^a,b   Rohwer, Sievert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive sorting; Dendroica occidentalis; Dendroica townsendi; Hybrid zones; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; GENETIC CORRELATION; HERMIT WARBLER; HYBRID; HYBRID ZONE; MATING SYSTEM; MODEL; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES COMPETITION; TOWNSEND WARBLER;

AGGRESSION; ASYMMETRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HYBRID ZONE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE;

DENDROICA TOWNSENDI;

EID: 0034017144     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.1.93     Document Type: Article

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