Seasonal sex ratio trend in the European kestrel: An evolutionarily stable strategy analysis

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 384-397

  Ido, Pen ^a   Weissing, Franz J ^a   Daan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Brood sex ratio; Evolutionary stability; Life history; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MODELING; RAPTOR; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032922236     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303183     Document Type: Article

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