References & Sources  -  July 18, 1998

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Are junior boobies always losers?

Among blue-footed boobies, picked-on younger sibling stays a wimp when moved to a new home with a smaller nest mate.

 

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 3, July 18, 1998, p. 43.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

References:

Drummond, H., and C. Canales. 1998. Dominance between booby nestlings involves winner and loser effects. Animal Behaviour 55(June):1669.

 

Sources:

Hugh Drummond
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Instituto de Ecología
A.P. 70-275
04510 D.F., Mexico

Cristina Canales
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Instituto de Ecología
A.P. 70-275
04510 D.F., Mexico

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