Nepotistic vigilance behavior in Siberian jay parents

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 246-250

  Griesser, Michael ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delayed dispersal; Kin groups; Nepotistic vigilance; Perisoreus infaustus; Siberian jays

Indexed keywords

KIN SELECTION; NATAL DISPERSAL; NEPOTISM; VIGILANCE;

PERISOREUS INFAUSTUS;

EID: 0037356639     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.2.246     Document Type: Article

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