Brood sex ratio in the Kentish plover

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-62

  Székely, Tamás ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^b   Yezerinac, Stephen ^c   Griffiths, Richard ^d   Kis, János ^e  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Charadrius alexandrinus; Kentish plover; Mating opportunities; Parental care; Seasonal trends; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1542545749     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arg105     Document Type: Article

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