'Wife-sharing' in the Tasmanian Native Hen (Gallinula mortierii): Is it caused by a male-biased sex ratio?

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 528-532

  Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Goldizen, Alan R ^a   Putland, David A ^a   Lambert, David M ^b   Millar, Craig D ^b   Buchan, Jason C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLINULA MORTIERII;

EID: 0031978174     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089219     Document Type: Article

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