Assortative mating in falcons: Do big females pair with big males?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-200

  Olsen, Penny ^a   Barry, Simon ^a   Baker, G Barry ^b   Mooney, Nicholas ^c   Cam, Graham ^d   Cam, Annette ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Bird/Bat Banding Scheme   (Australia)

^c Division of Parks and Wildlife   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; DIMORPHISM;

FALCO BERIGORA; FALCO CENCHROIDES; FALCO PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0031864114     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677199     Document Type: Article

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