Recent studies of avian sex ratios

Heredity

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Natural selection; Sex allocation; Sex identification; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; SEX ALLOCATION THEORY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0031979156     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00374.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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