Behavioral syndromes break down in urban song sparrow populations

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 887-895

  Scales, Jennifer ^a   Hyman, Jeremy ^b   Hughes, Melissa ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RURAL POPULATION; SONGBIRD; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 80052779635     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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