The effect of dominance rank on fat deposition and food hoarding in the Willow Tit Parus montanus - An experimental test

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-82

  Lundborg, Ken ^a   Brodin, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHING; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FAT RESERVE; SOCIAL STATUS;

PARUS; PARUS MONTANUS; SALIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037245077     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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