Opportunistic polygyny in the Louisiana Waterthrush

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 106-113

  Mulvihill, Robert S ^a   Cunkelman, Amy ^a   Quattrini, Laura ^a   O'Connell, Timothy J ^a   Master, Terry L ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL CARE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOTACILLA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS MOTACILLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036522291     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0106:OPITLW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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