Courtship disruptions and male mating strategies: Examples from female-defense mating systems

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 717-729

  Webster, Michael S ^a   Robinson, Scott K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation disruptions; Female defense polygyny; Icteridae; Mating strategies

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0033401096     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303267     Document Type: Article

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