Breeding synchrony and extra-pair mating in red-winged blackbirds

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-158

  Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Extra pair mating; Neighbors; Red winged blackbird; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0030933926     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050328     Document Type: Article

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