Territorial intrusions and copulation behaviour in the great skua, Catharacta skua

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1265-1272

  Catry, Paulo ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION BEHAVIOUR; CUCKOLDRY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; GREAT SKUA; SPERM COMPETITION; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA;

EID: 0030700252     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0543     Document Type: Article

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