Long-term fitness benefits of egg sex modification by the Seychelles warbler

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-62

  Komdeur, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg sex modification; Experimental sex manipulation; Long term benefits; Sex ratio theory; Seychelles warbler

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS;

EID: 0002648627     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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