Individuality in nest building: Do Southern Masked weaver (Ploceus velatus) males vary in their nest-building behaviour?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Walsh, Patrick T ^a   Hansell, Mike ^b   Borello, Wendy D ^c   Healy, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Laterality; Nest building; Repeatability; Variation; Weaverbird

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; GRASS; INDIVIDUALISM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEST; NEST STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; GRASS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLOCEUS VELATUS;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES;

AVES; PLOCEUS VELATUS;

EID: 80051590423     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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