Aggression and fitness differences between plumage morphs in the common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-185

  Boerner, M ^a   Kruger O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fitness; Polymorphism; Predation risk; Territory defense

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; DATA SET; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION;

AVES; BUTEO BUTEO;

EID: 58149242662     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn132     Document Type: Article

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