Parental behavior of a bigamous male Northern Cardinal

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-286

  Breitwisch, Randall ^a   Schilling, Amy J ^a,b   Banks, Joshua B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; PROVISIONING;

UNITED STATES;

CARDINALIS CARDINALIS;

EID: 0032902036     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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