Copulation behaviour in the Linnet Carduelis cannabina and the insemination window hypothesis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Drachmann, Jan ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; INSEMINATION WINDOW HYPOTHESIS; LINNET;

CARDUELIS CANNABINA;

EID: 0030850205     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3676969     Document Type: Article

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