Inter-sexual conflicts over copulations in the European starling: evidence for the female mate-guarding hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 71-81

  Eens, Marcel ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copulation behavior; Mate guarding; Polygyny; Sexual selection; Starling

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; POLYGYNY; STARLING;

STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0028974695     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00170711     Document Type: Article

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