Courtship behavior differs between monogamous and polygamous plovers

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2035-2042

  Carmona Isunza, María Cristina ^a   Küpper, Clemens ^b,c   Serrano Meneses, M Alejandro ^d   Székely, Tamás ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^d CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Mating behavior; Mating systems; Monogamy; Polygamy; Sexual selection; Within season variation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COURTSHIP; MATING SUCCESS; MONOGAMY; POLYGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELECTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; WADER;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 84958058443     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-2014-x     Document Type: Article

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