Decoy presentations as a means to manipulate the risk of extrapair copulation: An experimental study in a semicolonial raptor, the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygarsus)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Mougeot, F ^a   Arroyo, B E ^a   Bretagnolle, V ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Circus pygargus; Copulation; Experimental manipulation; Mate guarding; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; RAPTOR;

CIRCUS PYGARGUS;

EID: 0035141716     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.1.1     Document Type: Article

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