Interpopulation differences exhibited by Spotted Bowerbirds Chlamydera maculata across a suite of male traits and female preferences

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Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-435

  Madden, Joah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; NEST STRUCTURE;

CHLAMYDERA MACULATA;

EID: 33745825960     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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