Mate choice on multiple cues, decision rules and sampling strategies in female pied flycatchers

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 903-944

  Dale, Svein ^a,b   Slagsvold, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION RULE; MATE CHOICE; PIED FLYCATCHER; SAMPLING;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0030424030     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996x00305     Document Type: Article

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