Egg size and laying order in relation to offspring sex in the extreme sexually size dimorphic brown songlark, Cinclorhamphus cruralis

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 240-248

  Magrath, Michael J L ^a,b   Brouwer, Lyanne ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg size; Hatching order; Laying order; Sex ratio; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; HATCHING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AVES; CINCLORHAMPHUS CRURALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041474558     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0627-y     Document Type: Article

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