Monogamy on the fast track

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-619

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a   Tomaszycki, Michelle ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch initiation; Mating systems; Monogamy; Opportunistic breeder; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESTRILDIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FINCH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FINCHES; PAIR BOND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 38449099876     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0388     Document Type: Article

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