Complex sex allocation in the laughing kookaburra

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 524-533

  Legge, Sarah ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Double, Michael C ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^b   Cockburn, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Kingfisher; Reverse dimorphism; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Siblicide

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; PASSERINE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

DACELO GIGAS; DACELO NOVAEGUINEAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0034833113     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.5.524     Document Type: Article

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