Competition for resources mediated by intrinsic social dominance in sympatric finches

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Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-193

  Brazill Boast, James ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Erythrura gouldiae; Gouldian Finch; Interspecific competition; Long tailed Finch; Poephila acuticauda

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DOMINANCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; SYMPATRY;

ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE; FRINGILLIDAE; POEPHILA ACUTICAUDA;

EID: 84870735551     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01264.x     Document Type: Article

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