Effects of the temporal predictability and spatial clumping of food on the intensity of competitive aggression in the Zenaida dove

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 490-495

  Goldberg, Joanna L ^a   Grant, James W A ^b   Lefebvre, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Economic defendability; Feeding competition; Spatial clumping; Temporal predictability; Zenaida aurita

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BARBADOS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA AURITA;

EID: 0034937874     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.4.490     Document Type: Article

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