The significance of female mimicry in male contests

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 981-995

  Stre, Glenn Peter ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

FEMALE MIMICRY; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; PIED FLYCATCHER; SEX RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029661730     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285889     Document Type: Article

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