Territory defence in tropical birds: Are females as aggressive as males?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 414-422

  Fedy, Bradley C ^a   Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sex roles; Territory defence; Tropics; White bellied antbirds

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; PASSERINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; MYRMECIZA LONGIPES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 22844446834     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0928-4     Document Type: Article

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