Social stability and daily body mass gain in great tits

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-554

  Lange, Henrik ^a   Leimar, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Parus major; Passerines; Resource access; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DOMINANCE; PASSERINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042701752     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh044     Document Type: Article

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