Poor nutritional condition as a consequence of high dominance status in the Coal Tit Parus ater

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-107

  Hay, Jacqueline M ^a   Evans, Peter R ^a   Ward, Robin M ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DOMINANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSERINE; TAIL FEATHER;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS ATER; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346009253     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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