Foetal sex ratios in wild reindeer Rangifer tarandus in relation to maternal condition and age

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Reimers, Eigil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Foetal sex ratio; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer; Trivers and Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033039693     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1999.008     Document Type: Article

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