Mate-guarding, territorial intrusions and paternity defence in the polygynous Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Shepherd, Michael ^a,b   Currie, David ^c,d   Hartley, Ian R ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILIARIA CALANDRA;

CORN BUNTING; MATE GUARDING; PATERNITY DEFENCE; POLYGYNY; TERRITORIAL INTRUSION;

EID: 0030303397     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677227     Document Type: Article

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