Maternal investment, sex-differential prospects, and the sex ratio in wild house mice

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 435-443

  Krackow, Sven ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Maternal investment; Mus musculus; Sex ratio; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; FITNESS; HOUSE MOUSE; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; SEX RATIO;

MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031460482     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050404     Document Type: Article

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