Agonistic behaviour prior to laying predicts clutch size in Eurasian kestrels: an experiment with natural decoys

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1515-1523

  Vergara, Pablo ^a   De Neve, Liesbeth ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

breeding density; courtship feeding; Eurasian kestrel; extrapair copulations; Falco tinnunculus; female mimicry hypothesis; fertile stage; mate guarding; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CLUTCH SIZE; COURTSHIP; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; MIMICRY; PREDICTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 35748943503     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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