The importance of different paternity guards in the polygynandrous penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus)

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 941-959

  Schleicher, B ^a   Hoi, H ^a   Valera, F ^a   Hoi Leitner, M ^a  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0031534901     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00241     Document Type: Article

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