A process of pair formation leading to assortative mating: Passive age-assortative mating by habitat heterogeneity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-143

  Ferrer, Miguel ^a   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; HETEROGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MATE CHOICE; RAPTOR;

AQUILA; AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0042813700     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2158     Document Type: Article

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