Territorial behaviour and population dynamics in red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus. I. Population experiments

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1073-1082

  Mougeot, François ^a   Redpath, Steve M ^a   Moss, Robert ^a   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Territorial behaviour; Testosterone; Unstable population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GAMEBIRD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0344708501     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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