Non-breeding fæder Ruffs Philomachus pugnax associate according to sex, not morphology

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-246

  Verkuil, Yvonne I ^a   Jukema, Joop ^b   Gill, Jennifer A ^c   Karlionova, Natalia ^d   Melter, Johannes ^b   Hooijmeijer, Jos C E W ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b University of East Anglia ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FLEDGING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WADER; WINTER;

AFRICA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 56749097009     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461529     Document Type: Article

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