Copulation and mate-guarding patterns in polygynous European starlings

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-58

  Pinxten, Rianne ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; OVULATION; STARLING;

STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031193414     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0432     Document Type: Article

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