Parental investment, reproductive success and polygyny in the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1161-1167

  Parish, David M B ^a   Coulson, John C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0032211712     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0856     Document Type: Article

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