Dominance and feeding interference in small groups of blackbirds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 475-481

  Smith, Rik D ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Cresswell, Will ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackbird; Dominance; Foraging; Group size; Ideal Free Distribution; Interference

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; VIGILANCE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0034936208     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.4.475     Document Type: Article

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