Sex-biased aggression and male-only care at sea in Brünnich's Guillemots Uria lomvia and Razorbills Alca torda

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-62

  Paredes, Rosana ^a,b   Insley, Stephen J ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcini; Offspring defence; Parental roles; Sex; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATERNAL CARE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; WADER;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 71949111915     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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