Male badge size predicts dominance against females in House Sparrows

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-157

  Liker, A ^a   Barta, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badge size; Dominance; House Sparrow; Intersexual aggression; Passer domesticus; Social behavior; Status signaling

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0035130528     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0151:MBSPDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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