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