Parental behaviour is unrelated to experimentally manipulated great tit brood sex ratio

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 385-393

  Lessells, C M ^a   Oddie, K R ^a   Mateman, A C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; SEX RATIO;

GALLUS GALLUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0032143346     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0763     Document Type: Article

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