Interspecific aggression for nest sites: Model experiments with long-tailed finches (Poephila acuticauda) and endangered gouldian finches (Erythrura gouldiae)

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-505

  Pearce, Dhanya ^a   Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting; Erythrura gouldiae; Gouldian Finch; Heterospecific aggression; Interspecific competition; Long tailed Finch; Poephila acuticauda

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST SITE; PASSERINE;

AVES; ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE; ESTRILDIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; MELIPHAGIDAE; MELITHREPTUS GULARIS; POEPHILA ACUTICAUDA;

EID: 80051730547     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.11085     Document Type: Article

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