No evidence for adaptive suppression of joint laying by dominant female Seychelles warblers: An experimental study

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1669-1684

  Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Cooperation; Cooperative breeding; Dominance interactions; Joint laying; Reproductive control mechanisms; Seychelles warbler; Subordinate; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547794174     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774831864     Document Type: Article

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