Population density and the intensity of paternity assurance behaviour in a monogamous wader: The Curlew Numenius arquata

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 372-381

  Currie, Dave ^a   Valkama, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PATERNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; WADER;

FINLAND;

NUMENIUS ARQUATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0033941285     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04433.x     Document Type: Article

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