Exploded leks: What bustards can teach us

Ardeola

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-98

  Morales, Manuel B ^a,b   Jiguet, Frédéric ^c   Arroyo, Beatriz ^d  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bustards; Conservation; Exploded leks; Female choice; Lek evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002513061     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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