Experimental confirmation of the polygyny threshold model for red-winged blackbirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1476, 2001, Pages 1643-1646

  Pribil, S ^a   Searcy, W A ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius; Mating systems; Polygyny; Polygyny threshold model

Indexed keywords

WATER;

MATE CHOICE; PASSERINE; POLYGYNY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0035822705     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1720     Document Type: Article

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