Social organization of co-operatively breeding Long-tailed Tits Aegithalos caudatus: Flock composition and kinship

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-174

  Mcgowan, Andrew ^a,b   Fowlie, Martin K ^a,c   Ross, Douglas J ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; KINSHIP; PASSERINE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIES FLOCK;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS;

EID: 33846212328     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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