Resource availability and goshawk offspring sex ratio variation: A large-scale ecological phenomenon

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 994-1001

  Byholm, Patrik ^a,e   Ranta, Esa ^a   Kaitala, Veijo ^a,b   Lindén, Harto ^c   Saurola, Pertti ^d   Wikman, Marcus ^c  

^a Department of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Division of Systematic Biology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Food availability; Northern goshawk; Sex ratio dynamics; Spatial and temporal variation

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FINLAND;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036850027     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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