Male characteristics and fertilisation success in bluethroats

Behaviour

Volumn 138, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 1371-1390

  Johnsen, Arild ^a,b   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^c   Örnborg, Jonas ^c   Amundsen, Trond ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 0035567766     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853901317367645     Document Type: Article

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