Parental investment, adult sex ratios, and sexual selection in a socially monogamous seabird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-60

  Tershy, Bernie R ^a,b   Croll, Donald A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding synchrony; Brown booby; Gulf of California; Parental investment; Polygyny; Sex ratios; Sexual dimorphism; Sula leucogaster

Indexed keywords

MONOGAMY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

MEXICO;

SULA LEUCOGASTER;

EID: 0034045773     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000182     Document Type: Article

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