Chaffinch (fringilla coelebs) epaulette display depends on the degree of exposure but not symmetry of intruder's epaulettes

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 15-16, 1997, Pages 1115-1121

  JabLonski P G ^a   Matyjasiak, P ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

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EID: 0039919967     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997X00089     Document Type: Article

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