Temporal shifts in the pair-bond dynamics of New Zealand robins (Petroica australis)

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-268

  Menzies, Ignatius J ^a   Burns, K C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cache; Competition; Sexual conflict; Winter behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; COEXISTENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

PASSERI; PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77953038159     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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