Development of Badges of Status in Captive Male House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) in Relation to the Relative Ornamentation of Flock-Mates

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 644-653

  Laucht, Silke ^a   Dale, James ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOLT; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; SIGNAL; SIZE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84862269490     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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