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Residency in white-eared hummingbirds (Hylocharis leucotis) and its effect in territorial contest resolution

BACKGROUND: Territory owners usually defeat intruders. One explanation for this observation is the uncorrelated asymmetry hypothesis which argues that contests might be settled by an arbitrary convention such as “owners win.” We studied the effect of territorial residency on contest asymmetries in t...

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Autores principales: Mendiola-Islas, Verónica, Lara, Carlos, Corcuera, Pablo, Valverde, Pedro Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27781172
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2588