Seasonal variation in sex ratio of fledgling American Kestrels: A long term study

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 474-478

  Griggio, Matteo ^a   Hamerstrom, Frances ^b   Rosenfield, Robert N ^c   Tavecchia, Giacomo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Univ of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES; FALCO; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0037495026     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0474:SVISRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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