Female control in yellow-legged gulls: Trading paternity assurance for food

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 899-907

  Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY; SEABIRD;

AVES; LARUS; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 2442593741     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.019     Document Type: Article

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