Polygyny in the dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus: The importance of female qualities

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1097-1108

  Forstmeier, Wolfgang ^a,b,c   Kuijper, Dries P J ^a,b,c   Leisler, Bernd ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; HABITAT QUALITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS FUSCATUS;

EID: 0035693045     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1859     Document Type: Article

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