Mate choice in the brown thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla): Are settlement decisions, divorce and extrapair mating complementary strategies?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 278-285

  Green, David J ^a,b   Krebs, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Cockburn, Andrew ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding dispersal; Divorce; Female choice; Monogamy; Natal dispersal

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DIVORCE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; PASSERINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHIZA; ACANTHIZA PUSILLA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0842309430     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0679-z     Document Type: Article

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