Social constraints on access to mates in a high density population of New Zealand Snipe (Coenocorypha aucklandica)

Notornis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 223-239

  Miskelly, Colin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coenocorypha aucklandica; Mate fidelity; Migration; Mortality; Natal dispersal; New Zealand Snipe; Philopatry; Snares Islands; Territory

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; WADER;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; COENOCORYPHA AUCKLANDICA; COENOCORYPHA AUKLANDICA; GALLUS GALLUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0032753326     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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