Female pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca choose male characteristics in homogeneous habitats

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 27-36

  Lifjeld, Jan T ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 0003010084     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00395695     Document Type: Article

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