Honest signalling, dominance hierarchies and body condition in House Sparrows Passer domesticus (Aves: Passeriformes) during acute coccidiosis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 718-726

  Dolnik, Olga V ^a,b   Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Aggressiveness; Badge of dominance; Function; Isospora

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PASSERINE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ISOSPORA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77952856145     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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