Individual variation in the strength of territory defense in male song sparrows: Correlates of age, territory tenure, and neighbor aggressiveness

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-27

  Hyman, Jeremy ^a   Hughes, Melissa ^b   Searcy, William A ^c   Nowicki, Stephen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Melospiza melodia; Song sparrow; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242277770     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904772746574     Document Type: Article

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