Associations of avian facial flushing and skin colouration with agonistic interaction outcomes

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1163-1170

  Bamford, Andrew J ^a   Monadjem, Ara ^b   Hardy, Ian C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BLOOD; COLOR MORPH; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SKIN;

AEGYPIUS; AVES; TORGOS TRACHELIOTUS;

EID: 78349236545     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01834.x     Document Type: Article

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