Assortative mating in captive cowbirds is predicted by social experience

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1129-1142

  Freeberg, Todd M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD; COURTSHIP; SOCIAL EXPERIENCE;

MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0030303264     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0260     Document Type: Article

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