Age-related dominance helps reduce male aggressiveness in great bustard leks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-211

  Magaña, Marina ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^a   Palacín, Carlos ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Great bustard; Lek; Mating behaviour; Otis tarda; Social system

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGGRESSION; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DOMINANCE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 80955179589     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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