Assortative mating by tail streamer length in Red-tailed Tropicbirds Phaethon rubricauda breeding in the Coral Sea

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 687-690

  Boland, C R J ^a   Double, M C ^a   Baker, G B ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Environment Australia   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; SEABIRD; TAIL FEATHER;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; PHAETHON; PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; PHAETHONTIDAE;

EID: 5344243198     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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