Social effects on mate choices of male Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1005-1012

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; MATE CHOICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLIFORMES; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0033134620     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1059     Document Type: Article

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