Sympatric song variant in mountain chickadees Poecile gambeli does not reduce aggression from black-capped chickadees Poecile atricapillus

When habitats overlap and species compete for resources, negative interactions frequently occur. Character displacement in the form of behavioural, social or morphological divergences between closely related species can act to reduce negative interactions and often arise in regions of geographic ove...

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Main Authors: Snell Cara L., LaZerte Stefanie E., Reudink Matthew W., Otter Ken A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:European Journal of Ecology
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/eje.2016.2.issue-1/eje-2016-0006/eje-2016-0006.xml?format=INT