Imprinted species recognition lasts for life in free-living great tits and blue tits

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 921-927

  Hansen, Bo Terning ^a   Johannessen, Lars Erik ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

aggression; blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; early learning; great tit; imprinting; Parus major; rival imprinting; species recognition; territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; FIELDWORK; IMPRINTING; MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; RECOGNITION; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 39449092562     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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