Assessment of the randomization test for binomial sex-ratio distributions in birds

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-68

  Ewen, John G ^a,d   Cassey, Phillip ^b   King, Robert A R ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AVIFAUNA; SEX RATIO;

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EID: 0037226685     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090140     Document Type: Article

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