Why do female birds reject copulations from their mates?

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 465-480

  Wagner, Richard H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; AVES;

COPULATION; MATE REJECTION; MONOGAMY; RAZORBILL;

EID: 0029660089     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01140.x     Document Type: Article

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