Social interactions among Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus males outside the lek during spring

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Wegge, Per ^a   Eliassen, Sigrunn ^b   Finne, Mats Haneborg ^c   Odden, Morten ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; LEK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 29744433344     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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