Correlations between body size, defensive behaviour and reproductive success in male Little Blue Penguins Eudyptula minor: Implications for female choice

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Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-105

  Miyazaki, Masamine ^a   Waas, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AVES; EUDYPTULA; EUDYPTULA MINOR; GALLUS GALLUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0037239695     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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