The effect of patch size and competitor number on aggression among foraging house sparrows

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 412-418

  Johnson, Cheryl A ^a,c   Grant, James W A ^a   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competitor density; Hawk dove; Interference; Passer domesticus; Patch size; Resource defense; Truncated phenotypic distribution

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PATCH SIZE;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 2942538030     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh026     Document Type: Article

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