Seasonal change in female mate choice criteria in penduline tits (remiz pendulinus)

Ardeola

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-29

  Schleicher, H ^a,b   Hoi, F ^a   Valera, ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Institut Für Vergleichende

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Male quality; Mate choice; Nest quality; Nest size repeatability; Penduline Tit; Remiz pendulinus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005180168     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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