Can redirected aggression explain interspecific attacks by Australian magpies on other birds?

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 767-786

  Morgan, Dai K J ^a,c   Waas, Joseph R ^a   Innes, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Displaced or aggression; Interspecific attacks; Simulated territorial intrusion

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA LIVIA; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN;

EID: 34548708060     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781476391     Document Type: Article

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