Experimental evidence of specialised phenotypic roles in a mobbing raptor

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1351-1361

  Sternalski, Audrey ^a   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anti predator strategy; Circus aeruginosus; Mobbing; Phenotypic specialisation; Polymorphism; Raptor

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ALARM SIGNAL; COLOR MORPH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MOBBING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIALIZATION;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 77954537148     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0950-z     Document Type: Article

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