Sex roles during conspecific territorial defence in the Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-54

  Quinard, Aurélie ^a   Cézilly, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; Monogamy; Pair bonding; Territorial defence; Zenaida aurita; Zenaida dove

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TROPICAL REGION;

AVES; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA AURITA;

EID: 83555164745     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.032     Document Type: Article

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