Mate choice copying and conspecific cueing in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-473

  White, David J ^a   Galef Jr , Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

COTURNIX COTURNIX;

EID: 0033082361     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1015     Document Type: Article

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