Males on guard: Paternity defences in violet-green swallows and tree swallows

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1211-1224

  Beasley, Barbara A ^a  

^a BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCKOLDRY; MATE GUARDING; PATERNITY DEFENCE; TREE SWALLOW; VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW;

TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; TACHYCINETA THALASSINA;

EID: 0030303258     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0269     Document Type: Article

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