Birth sex ratio in captive mammals: Patterns, biases, and the implications for management and conservation

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-25

  Faust, Lisa J ^a   Thompson, Steven D ^a  

^a Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive management; Dispersal; Local resource competition; Mammals; Maternal condition; Sex allocation theory; Sex ratio bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340954     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(2000)19:1<11::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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