Egg burial in penduline tits, Remiz pendulinus: Its role in mate desertion and female polyandry

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-27

  Valera, F ^a   Hoi, H ^b   Schleicher, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

egg burial; female strategy; mate desertion; penduline tits; polyandry

Indexed keywords

REMIZ PENDULINUS;

EGG BURIAL; MATE DESERTION; NEST DESERTION; PENDULINE TIT; POLYANDRY;

EID: 0030618894     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.20     Document Type: Article

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