Producer-scrounger roles and joining based on dominance in a free-living group of Mexican jays (Aphelocoma ultramarina)

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 967-982

  McCormack, John E ^a,e   Jablonski, Piotr G ^b,c   Brown, Jerram L ^d  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma ultramarina; Group foraging; Mexican jay; Producer scrounger

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHELOCOMA ULTRAMARINA; AVES;

EID: 34547933693     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781492717     Document Type: Article

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