Offspring sex ratio variation in the European badger, Meles meles

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-45

  Dugdale, Hannah L ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a   Newman, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Delayed implantation; European badger; Local resource competition; Meles meles; Offspring sex ratio; Parental investment; Sex differences in fitness; Sex differences in mortatity; Wytham Woods

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MUSTELID; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX RATIO;

ENGLAND (OXFORDSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS;

EID: 0042315300     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0040:OSRVIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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