Spatial structure and parental aggression in eider broods

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1069-1075

  Öst, Markus ^a   Bäck, Anette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; NEPOTISM; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0346282907     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2300     Document Type: Article

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