Studying individual interactions and direct fitness benefits in wild birds: History and practice

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-166

  Berg, Elena C ^a   Williams, Dean A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FITNESS; HISTORY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; INDIVIDUALITY; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AVES;

EID: 34648840238     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.020     Document Type: Note

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