Is variation in brood sex ratios adaptive in the great tit (Parus major)?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 294-298

  Radford, A N ^a,b   Blakey, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great tits; Molecular sexing; Parus major; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO;

ADAPTIVE VALUE; LIFE HISTORY; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0034031752     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.3.294     Document Type: Article

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