Does Social Mating System Influence Nest Defence Behaviour in Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) Males?

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1075-1083

  Trnka, Alfréd ^a   Prokop, Pavol ^a,b  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MONOGAMY; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; POLYGAMY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES;

EID: 78649454746     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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