Effects of short-term hunger and competitive asymmetry on facultative aggression in nestling black guillemots Cepphus grylle

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 282-287

  Cook, Mark I ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a,b   Burns, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black guillemot; Cepphus grylle; Competitive asymmetry; Facultative aggression; Hatching asynchrony; Provisioning; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASYMMETRY; FOOD PROVISIONING; HATCHING; NESTLING; SEABIRD;

CEPPHUS GRYLLE;

EID: 0034032218     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.3.282     Document Type: Article

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