Ruffs, Philomachus pugnax, and distribution models: Can leks be regarded as patches?

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Höglund, Jacob ^a   Widemo, Fredrik ^a,b   Sutherland, William J ^c   Nordenfors, Helena ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; LEKKING; NESTING SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PHILOMACHUS; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 2642682429     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546978     Document Type: Article

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