Determinants of social rank in female black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapilla)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-121

  Ramsay, Scott M ^a,b   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FOOD PRODUCTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ZOOLOGY;

BIOLOGY;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; PRIOR RESIDENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PARUS MONTANUS; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; SALIX;

EID: 0038175086     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-241     Document Type: Article

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