Fortune favours the aggressive: Territory quality and behavioural syndromes in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 441-451

  Scales, Jennifer ^a   Hyman, Jeremy ^b   Hughes, Melissa ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Boldness; Melospiza melodia; Song sparrow; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SONG; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 84873079309     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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