Food Distribution and a Variable Mating System in the Dunnock, Prunella modularis
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Vol. 53 (3) , 895-912
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4666
Abstract
(1) The mating combinations were very varied and included monogamy (pairs), polyandry (two or three males with one female), polygyny (one male with two females)...This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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