Intergroup infanticide in cooperatively polyandrous White-winged Trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera)

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Sherman, Peter T ^a  

^a TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POLYANDRY; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PSOPHIA; PSOPHIA LEUCOPTERA; PSOPHIIDAE;

EID: 2142813998     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/02-125     Document Type: Article

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