Ephemeral lekking behavior in the buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-278

  Lanctot, Richard B ^a,b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative mating behavior; Buff breasted sandpipers; Lek; Mating system; Shorebird; Tactics; Tryngites subruficollis

Indexed keywords

AVES; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS;

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER; LEKKING; MATING BEHAVIOUR; MATING SYSTEM;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030619866     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.3.268     Document Type: Article

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