The role of male nest building in post-mating sexual selection in the monogamous red-necked grebe

Behaviour

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-98

  Kloskowski, Janusz ^a   Grela, Przemysław ^a   Ga̧ska, Michał ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

clutch size; monogamy; nest building behaviour; parental care; reverse mounting; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; PODICEPS GRISEGENA;

EID: 84859396639     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853912X627997     Document Type: Article

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