Do female pigeons trade pair copulations for protection?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Lovell Mansbridge, Claire ^b   Birkhead, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'; FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; MATE GUARDING; PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY;

COLEOPTERA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0032126144     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0774     Document Type: Article

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