Waiting for the mate? Spatial behaviour of common terns, Sterna hirundo, during courtship

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1093-1102

  Ludwig, Sonja C ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; COLONY FOUNDING; COURTSHIP; ENERGY BALANCE; MATE CHOICE; MATE FIDELITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 33750286683     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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