Effects of social experience, aggressiveness and comb size on contest success in male domestic fowl

The ability to dominate conspecifics and thereby gain access to resources depends on a number of traits and skills. Experience of dominance relationships during development is a potential source of learning such skills. We here study the importance of social experience, aggressiveness and morphologi...

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Main Authors: Anna Favati, Hanne Løvlie, Olof Leimar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-02-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.201213