Peregrine Falcon eggs: Egg size, hatchling sex, and clutch sex ratios

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 327-335

  Burnham, William ^a   Sandfort, Calvin ^a   Belthoff, James R ^b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick mass; Clutch sex ratio; Colorado; Egg size variation; Falco peregrinus anatum; New Mexico; Peregrine Falcon

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM; GALLUS GALLUS; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0038709597     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0327:PFEESH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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