Population sex ratio variation in a monogamous long-lived bird, the wandering albatross

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-291

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Lallemand, Joelle ^b   Martin, Julien ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effect; Individual quality; Operational sex ratio; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; LONGEVITY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 16244411132     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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