Replacement female house sparrows regularly commit infanticide: Gaining time or signaling status?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-222

  Veiga, José P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Female infanticide; Female replacement; Female female competition; House sparrows; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942476014     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh003     Document Type: Article

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