Parasites influence social rank and morphology, but not mate choice, in female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 493-499

  Zuk, Marlene ^a   Kim, Tania ^a   Robinson, Sharon I ^a   Johnsen, Torgeir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY;

ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; AVES; GALLI; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032143541     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0807     Document Type: Article

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