Dominance, access to colonies, and queues for mating opportunities by male boat-tailed grackles

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Poston, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Dominance; Female defense polygyny; Queuing; Quiscalus major

Indexed keywords

BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES; DOMINANCE; HAREM; MATING OPPORTUNITY;

QUISCALUS MAJOR;

EID: 0030756420     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050368     Document Type: Article

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