Female mate preferences and subsequent resistance to copulation in the mallard

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-333

  Cunningham, Emma J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Forced copulation; Good genes; Mallard; Mate choice; Resistance

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038322994     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.3.326     Document Type: Article

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