Multiple cues in status signalling: The role of wingbars in aggressive interactions of male house sparrows

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 947-954

  Bókony, Veronika ^a   Lendvai, Ádám Z ^b   Liker, András ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; DOMINANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIGNALING; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748773304     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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