Temporal changes in demand for and supply of nests in red bishops (Euplectes orix): Dynamics of a biological market

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1369-1381

  Metz, Markus ^a   Klump, Georg M ^a   Friedl, Thomas W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological mating market; Female demand for nests; Male supply of nests; Market value; Mating system; Nest building; Temporal pattern; Weaverbird

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; NEST; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUPLECTES ORIX;

EID: 34250686267     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0367-5     Document Type: Article

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