Pair copulation frequency correlates with female reproductive performance in Tree Sparrows Passer montanus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-126

  Heeb, Philipp ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034981356     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2001.320204.x     Document Type: Article

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