Scale and seasonal sex-ratio trends in northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis broods

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-406

  Byholm, Patrik ^a   Brommer, Jon E ^a   Saurola, Pertti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAYING DATE; NESTLING; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

FINLAND;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0036956417     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.02952.x     Document Type: Article

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