A sex-specific behavioral syndrome in a wild passerine

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-367

  Fresneau, Nolwenn ^a   Kluen, Edward ^b   Brommer, Jon E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bird; Cyanistes caeruleus; Individual gambit; Mixed model; Parental care; Wild population

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SEASON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84898749936     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru008     Document Type: Article

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