Lekking without a paradox in the buff-breasted sandpiper

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1051-1070

  Lanctot, Richard B ^a,b   Scribner, Kim T ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^c,d   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER; FEMALE CHOICE; LEKKING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS;

EID: 0030616724     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286038     Document Type: Article

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