Adaptive adjustment of the sex ratio: More data and considerations from a fallow deer population

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 404-408

  Birgersson, Björn ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias; Dama dama; Fallow deer; Maternal condition; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL CARE; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POLYGYNY; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

DAMA DAMA;

EID: 0031847090     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.4.404     Document Type: Article

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