Sexual Traits as Quality Indicators in Lekking Male Great Bustards

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1084-1098

  Alonso, Juan C ^a   Magaña, Marina ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^b   Palacín, Carlos ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGGRESSION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LEK; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; WEIGHT;

SPAIN;

OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 78649489498     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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