Territorial aggression of a tropical passerine, zonotrichia capensis, in response to a variety of conspecific intruders

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1173-1188

  Busch, D Shallin ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Floaters; Territorial intrusion; Territoriality; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944269246     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539042664605     Document Type: Article

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