Alternative reproductive strategies in the ruff, Philomachus pugnax: A mixed ESS?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Widemo, Fredrik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032143802     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0792     Document Type: Article

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