Fifty:fifty offspring sex ratios in Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-179

  Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ^a   Seabury, Rachel E ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

CANADA; KENT ISLAND; NEW BRUNSWICK;

MARTES PENNANTI; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0037227135     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090152     Document Type: Article

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