Mortality of fledgling females causes male bias in the sex ratio of Rufous Vangas (Schetba rufa) in Madagascar

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 700-705

  Asai, Shigeki ^a,c   Yamagishi, Satoshi ^a   Eguchi, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO;

MADAGASCAR;

SCHETBA RUFA; VANGA;

EID: 0042925665     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090100     Document Type: Article

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