Variation of secondary sex-ratio in birds and other tetrapodes. The case of Colius striatus nigricollis (Coliiformes)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-68

  Decoux, Jean Paul ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLIUS STRIATUS;

SECONDARY SEX RATIO; SEX RATIO; SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD;

CAMEROON, YAOUNDE; GABON, MAKOKOU;

EID: 0030619829     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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