Family-related differences in social foraging tactic use in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1805-1811

  Mathot, Kimberley J ^a,b   Giraldeau, Luc Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative tactics; Conditional strategy; Family effects; Heritability; Producer scrounger; Social foraging

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROUP SIZE; HERITABILITY; PASSERINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77958007591     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0992-2     Document Type: Article

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