Duetting and mate-guarding in Australian magpie-larks (Grallina cyanoleuca)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 180-187

  Hall, Michelle L ^a   Magrath, Robert D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird song; DNA fingerprinting; Duet; Mate guard; Monogamy

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DUETTING; FEMALE FERTILITY; MATE GUARDING; MATING;

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; VOCALIZATION;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; GRALLINA CYANOLEUCA; GYMNORHINA TIBICEN; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0034050974     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050009     Document Type: Article

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