Male mate choice and female fecundity in zebra finches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1021-1026

  Jones, Katherine M ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a   Nager, Ruedi G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0035692203     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1843     Document Type: Article

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