Paternity assurance in two species of colonially breeding falcon: The kestrel Falco tinnunculus and the red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus

Etologia

Volumn 10-11, Issue , 2002, Pages 11-15

  Ille, Rottraut ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^b   Grinschgl, Frank ^a   Zink, Richard ^b  

^a Konrad Lorenz Inst Compar Ethology ^*  (Austria)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Falco tinnunculus; Falco vespertinus; Paternity assurance; Sexual strategies

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FALCO VESPERTINUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4944251781     PISSN: 11303204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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