Sex ratio research in zoos and its implications for captive management

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Glatston, Angela R ^a  

^a Royal Rotterdam Zoological and Botanical Gardens   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Captive breeding programmes; Secondary sex ratios; Zoo research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030901475     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01105-7     Document Type: Article

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