Looking like mother makes mallard ducklings dominant over their siblings

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-129

  Poisbleau, Maud ^a   Guillemain, Matthieu ^b   Pinaud, David ^a   Demongin, Laurent ^a   Carslake, David ^a   David, Joan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Duck; Growth; Leg ring colour; Mallard ducklings; Within brood dominance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; COLOR MORPH; DOMINANCE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; DUCKLING; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DUCKS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 72649089122     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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