Kin aggression and resource availability influence phenotype-dependent dispersal in a passerine bird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 625-633

  Aguillon, Stepfanie M ^a,b   Duckworth, Renée A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Kin interactions; Personality; Phenotype dependent dispersal; Resource availability; Sialia mexicana

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925515804     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1873-5     Document Type: Article

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