Effects of supplementary feeding on interspecific dominance hierarchies in garden birds.

Individuals often differ in competitive ability, which can lead to the formation of a dominance hierarchy that governs differential access to resources. Previous studies of dominance have predominently focussed on within-species interactions, while the drivers of between-species competitive hierarch...

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Main Authors: Megan L Francis, Kate E Plummer, Bethany A Lythgoe, Catriona Macallan, Thomas E Currie, Jonathan D Blount
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6124729?pdf=render