The role of male territories in the mating system of the Yellow-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes macrourus

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 374-378

  Savalli, Udo M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPLECTES MACROURUS;

LEK; POLYGYNY; RESOURCE-DEFENCE POLYGYNY; TERRITORIALITY; YELLOW-SHOULDERED WIDOWBIRD;

KENYA;

EID: 0030617870     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04636.x     Document Type: Article

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