Polygyny in the red-winged blackbird: Do females prefer monogamy or polygamy?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Pribil, Stanislav ^a   Picman, Jaroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female choice; Hypothesis testing; Mating systems; Polygyny; Red winged blackbird

Indexed keywords

FEMALE PREFERENCE; MATE CHOICE; POLYGYNY; RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0029659264     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050231     Document Type: Article

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