Sex ratio of offspring in Peromyscus maniculatus borealis

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 626-637

  Havelka, Monika A ^a   Millar, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peromyscus; Seasonal reproduction; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031544706     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382913     Document Type: Review

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