Sexual dimorphism, niche partitioning and social dominance in the feeding ecology of the critically endangered Raso Lark Alauda razae

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 848-852

  Donald, Paul F ^a   Hille, Sabine ^b   Brooke, M De L ^c   Taylor, Roy ^a   Wells, Colin E ^a   Bolton, Mark ^a   Marlow, Tim ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PASSERINE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ALAUDA RAZAE;

EID: 35048814939     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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