Moult speed predicts pairing success in male harlequin ducks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1677-1684

  Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a   Goudie, R Ian ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS INDICATOR; MOULTING; PAIRING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0032103571     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0724     Document Type: Article

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