Fledgling sex ratio variation and future reproduction probability in Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Arroyo, Beatriz E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive variations; Circus pygargus; Reproduction probabilities; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

SPAIN;

CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036664352     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0496-9     Document Type: Article

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