Assessment of the quality of copulation partners in the monogamous bearded tit

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 277-286

  Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARDED TIT; COPULATION; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; MATE QUALITY;

PANURUS BIARMICUS;

EID: 0031060888     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0401     Document Type: Article

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