Seasonal sexual segregation in twoThalassarchealbatross species: competitive exclusion, reproductive role specialization or foraging niche divergence?
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Seasonal sexual segregation in two Thalassarche albatross species: competitive exclusion, reproductive role specialization or foraging niche divergence?
Sexual segregation by micro- or macrohabitat is common in birds, and usually attributed to size-mediated dominance and exclusion of females by larger males, trophic niche divergence or reproductive role specialization. Our study of black-browed albatrosses, Thalassarche melanophrys, and grey-headed albatrosses, T. chrysostoma, revealed an exceptional degree of sexual segregation during incubati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2718