Experimental assessment of mating opportunities in three shorebird species

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-90

  Parra, Jorge E ^a   Beltrán, Marcela ^a   Zefania, Sama ^b   Dos Remedios, Natalie ^a,c   Székely, Tamás ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b Madagascar National Parks   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Mating system; Operational sex ratio; Pair bond; Parental care; Remating opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894255619     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.030     Document Type: Article

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