Habitat, dominance, and the phenotypic quality of male black-capped chickadees

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-96

  Van Oort, Harry ^a,d   Otter, Kenneth A ^a   Fort, Kevin T ^b   McDonell, Zoe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Box 8617   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black capped Chickadee; Condition; Habitat quality; Hematocrit; Poecile atricapillus; Provisioning; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

PARUS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 33847235363     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[88:HDATPQ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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