Mate choice and reproductive success in the domesticated budgerigar, melopsittacus undulatus

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Massa, Renato ^a   Galanti, Valeria ^a   Bottoni, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Budgerigar; Courtship singing; Mate choice; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

EID: 6544287184     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009609356140     Document Type: Article

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