Do Female Red‐winged Blackbirds Engage in a Mixed Mating Strategy?

Ethology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 7-28

  Westneat, David F ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84990746891     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1992.tb00946.x     Document Type: Article

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