Aggression among female lapwings, Vanellus vanellus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 797-802

  Liker, András ^a,b   Székely, Tamás ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR; FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; LAPWING; SOCIAL MONOGAMY;

AVES; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS;

EID: 0342547243     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0491     Document Type: Article

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