Female brown-headed cowbirds', Molothrus ater, organization and behaviour reflects male social dynamics

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 377-385

  West, Meredith J ^a   White, David J ^a   King, Andrew P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 0036401653     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3049     Document Type: Article

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