Do male nuthatches (Sitta europaea) guard their mates?

Journal fur Ornithologie

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Pagenkopf, Kai ^a   Wesotowski, Tomasz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Copulation rate; Incubation feeding; Mate guarding; Paternity assurance feeding rate

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNITY;

POLAND;

SITTA; SITTA EUROPAEA; SITTIDAE;

EID: 0036253638     PISSN: 00218375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0361.2002.02003.x     Document Type: Article

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