Timing of pairing in waterfowl I: Reviewing the data and extending the theory

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 488-505

  Rodway, Michael S ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Wildwing Environmental Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Courtship; Female mate choice; Life history strategy; Migratory ducks; Pairing chronology; Phylogenetic trends; Sexual segregation; Waterfowl; Winter time budgets

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; MATE CHOICE; PAIR BOND; PHYLOGENETICS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

ANAS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 39449106058     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0488:TOPIWI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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