Stealing rates in the great bowerbird (ptilonorhynchus nuchalis): Effects of the spatial arrangement of males and availability of decorations

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Doerr, Natalie R ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TOWNSVILLE;

CHLAMYDERA NUCHALIS; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; PTILONORHYNCHUS;

EID: 70349216845     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09004     Document Type: Article

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