Copulatory behavior of semi-colonial Montagu's Harriers

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 340-346

  Arroyo, Beatriz E ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Circus pygargus; Coloniality; Copulation; Extra pair copulations; Montagu's Harrier

Indexed keywords

CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032942232     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369997     Document Type: Article

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