Maternal condition, reproductive investment, and offspring sex ratio in captive Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 840-845

  Parker, Timothy H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; EGG SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX RATIO;

AVES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036656056     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089985     Document Type: Article

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