New tools for sex identification and the study of sex allocation in birds

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 255-259

  Ellegren, Hans ^a   Sheldon, Ben C ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

BIRD; METHODOLOGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0031285090     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01061-6     Document Type: Review

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