Female resistance and male force: Context and patterns of copulation in the New Zealand stitchbird Notiomystis cincta

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 436-448

  Low, Matthew ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

AVES; NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 21344438488     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03460.x     Document Type: Article

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