Yelling for sex: Harem males compete for female access in bronze-winged jacanas

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-646

  Butchart, Stuart H M ^a,b   Seddon, Nathalie ^a   Ekstrom, Jonathan M M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; WADER;

CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; METOPIDIUS INDICUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0033105431     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0985     Document Type: Article

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