Plume variation, breeding performance and extra-pair copulations in the cattle egret

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 479-499

  Krebs, Elizabeth A ^a   Hunte, Wayne ^b   Green, David J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Extra pair copulations; Mate choice; Monogamy; Ornamentation; Parental care; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042689178     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904323066757     Document Type: Article

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