Social experience during adolescence influences how male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) group with conspecifics

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 537-549

  Ruploh, Tim ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a   von Engelhardt, Nikolaus ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gregariousness; Phenotypic plasticity; Social competence; Social experience; Social integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896077895     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1668-5     Document Type: Article

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