Age-assortative pairing in the Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber roseus

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 331-336

  Cézilly, Frank ^a,b   Boy, Vincent ^a   Tourenq, Christophe J ^a   Johnson, Alan R ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER ROSEUS;

AGE-ASSORTATIVE MATING; DISPLAY; GREATER FLAMINGO; MATE FIDELITY;

FRANCE, CAMARGUE;

EID: 0030617864     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04632.x     Document Type: Article

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