Fighting in female magellanic penguins: When, why, and who wins?

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-63

  Renison, Daniel ^a   Boersma, Dee ^b   Martella, Mónica B ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FIGHTING; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 1942536545     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/02-040     Document Type: Article

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