Variation in social rank acquisition influences lifetime reproductive success in black-capped chickadees

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Schubert, Kristin A ^a,e   Mennill, Daniel J ^b   Ramsay, Scott M ^c   Otter, Ken A ^d   Boag, Peter T ^a   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dominance; Flock fidelity; Individual history

Indexed keywords

AGE; DOMINANCE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 33846153557     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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