Protogyny in autumn migration: Do male birds "play chicken"?

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-81

  Mills, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banding; Differential migration; Long Point Bird Observatory; Long distance migrants; Mate choice; Protandry; Protogyny; Short distance migrants; Territoriality; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTOGYNY; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 20444413102     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0071:PIAMDM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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