Primary sex ratio bias in an endangered cooperatively breeding bird, the black-eared miner, and its implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Ewen, John G ^a   Clarke, Rohan H ^a   Moysey, Emma ^a   Boulton, Rebecca L ^a   Crozier, Ross H ^a   Clarke, Michael F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black eared miner; Conservation; Cooperative breeding; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0034886403     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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