Male and female incubation in Pied Wagtails Motacilla alba: Shared costs or increased parental care?

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-96

  Fitzpatrick, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOGAMY; POLYGYNY;

MOTACILLA ALBA;

EID: 0030461212     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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