Mating systems and territory in Lapwings Vanellus vanellus

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-137

  Byrkjedal, Ingvar ^a   GrØnstØl, Gaute B Ø ^a   Lislevand, Terje ^a   Pedersen, Kjell Magne ^a   Sandvik, Heidi ^a,b   Stalheim, SynnØve ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANELLUS VANELLUS;

FEMALE-BIASED SEX RATIO HYPOTHESIS; LAPWING; MATING SYSTEM; MONOGAMY; NEUTRAL MATE CHOICE MODEL; POLYGYNY THRESHOLD MODEL; TERRITORY;

NORWAY, BERGEN;

EID: 0030621358     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04512.x     Document Type: Article

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