An experiment on the function of the long-term pair bond period in the socially monogamous bearded reedling

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1329-1335

  Griggio, Matteo ^a   Hoi, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bearded reedling; Breeding success; Courtship behaviour; Divorce; Mate familiarity effect; Monogamy; Panurus biarmicus; Parental care

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; COURTSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; JUVENILE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PANURUS BIARMICUS;

EID: 82355191758     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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