The frequency and timing of courtship and copulation in blackbirds, Turdus merula, reflect sperm competition and sexual conflict

Behaviour

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-512

  Wysocki, Dariusz ^a   Halupka, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

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EID: 3042693527     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853904323066766     Document Type: Article

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