Parental body condition does not correlate with offspring sex ratio in Cory's Shearwaters

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Genovart, M ^a   Oro, D ^a   Forero, M G ^a   Igual, J M ^a   Gonzalez Solis J ^b   Ruiz, X ^b  

^a Inst Mediterrani d'Estudis A   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Calonectris diomedea; Cory's shearwater; Egg volume; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CALONECTRIS; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 13844254014     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7576     Document Type: Article

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