Seasonal shifts in sex ratios of fledgling american kestrels (Falco sparverius paulus): The early bird hypothesis

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 839-853

  Smallwood, Peter D ^a,c   Smallwood, John A ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Bird Hypothesis; Falco sparverius paulus; Intrasexual competition; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Sex biased mortality

Indexed keywords

RAPTOR; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO;

UNITED STATES;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 0031788979     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006598600532     Document Type: Article

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