Maternal age is a predominant determinant of progeny sex ratio variation in ungulates: A reply to Hewison et al.

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 646-648

  Saltz, David ^a   Kotler, Burt P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037504259     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12665.x     Document Type: Note

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