Interspecific dominance relationships and hybridization between black-capped and mountain chickadees

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 566-572

  Grava, A ^a   Grava, T ^a   Didier, R ^a   Lait, L A ^b   Dosso, J ^b   Koran, E ^b   Burg, T M ^b   Otter, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

black capped and mountain chickadees; dominance hierarchies; extrapair paternity; hybridization

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; COPULATION; DOMINANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PASSERINE; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SYMPATRY;

CANADA;

PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PARUS GAMBELI; POECILE; POECILE GAMBELI;

EID: 84859499755     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr229     Document Type: Article

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