Experimentally increased aggressiveness reduces population kin structure and subsequent recruitment in red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 488-497

  Mougeot, François ^a   Piertney, Stuart B ^b   Leckie, Fiona ^a   Evans, Sharon ^a   Moss, Robert ^a   Redpath, Steve M ^a   Hudson, Peter J ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Experiment; Kin structure; Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus); Relatedness; Territorial behaviour; Unstable population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GAMEBIRD; KIN RECOGNITION; POPULATION CYCLE; RECRUITMENT; RELATEDNESS; TERRITORIALITY;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 20044383927     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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