Size and stability of vertebrate leks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1217-1221

  Widemo, Fredrik ^a   Owens, Ian P F ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEK; MATE CHOICE; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033427421     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1267     Document Type: Article

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