Effects of parasitic infection on mate sampling by female wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo): Should infected females be more or less choosy?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 687-694

  Buchholz, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate sampling; Parasitism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; COCCIDIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 3042701688     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh066     Document Type: Article

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