Reconstructing the evolutionary origin of polygyny in Red-winged Blackbirds

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Webster, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0033042059     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089448     Document Type: Review

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