Ontogeny of social skills: Social complexity improves mating and competitive strategies in male brown-headed cowbirds

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1171-1177

  Gersick, Andrew S ^a   Snyder Mackler, Noah ^a   White, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural control; Brown headed cowbird; Cowbird; Development; Machiavellian intelligence; Mating success; Molothrus ater; Social intelligence; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 84859723040     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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