Interference from long-tailed finches constrains reproduction in the endangered Gouldian finch

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Brazill Boast, James ^a   Van Rooij, Erica ^a   Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavity nester; Erythrura gouldiae; Heterospecific aggression; Interspecific competition; Poephila acuticauda

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

AVES; ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE; POEPHILA ACUTICAUDA;

EID: 78649996841     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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