Courts and courtship behaviour of Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis in Papua New Guinea

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-211

  Frith, Clifford B ^a   Borgia, Gerald ^b   Frith, Dawn W ^a  

^a Prionodura   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHBOLD'S BOWERBIRD; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY; THREAT REDUCTION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS, TARI GAP;

ARCHBOLDIA PAPUENSIS; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 0029751880     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04329.x     Document Type: Article

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