Territorial vocal rallying in the green woodhoopoe: Factors affecting contest length and outcome

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 803-810

  Radford, Andrew N ^a,b   Du Plessis, Morné A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PRIOR RESIDENCE; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

PHOENICULUS; PHOENICULUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 2642573373     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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