High interannual variation in the hatching sex ratio of Tengmalm's owl broods during a vole cycle

Population Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-268

  Hipkiss, Tim ^a   Hörnfeldt, Birger ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aegolius funereus; Brood sex ratio; Food supply; Sex biased mortality; Vole predator cycles

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SEX RATIO;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

AEGOLIUS; AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 13244281766     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-004-0195-7     Document Type: Article

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