On the skewed sex ratio of the Kakapo Strigops habroptilus: Sexual and natural selection in opposition?

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 652-663

  Trewick, Steven A ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAKAPO; PARROT; SEX RATIO;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PSITTACIDAE; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 0030732446     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04688.x     Document Type: Article

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