Mate choice in house wrens: Nest cavities trump male characteristics

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-271

  Eckerle, Kevin P ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female mate choice; Female settlement; Male settlement; Nest site quality; Nestboxes; Territory quality; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 33748923781     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906775900694     Document Type: Article

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