Seasonal variation in sex ratio of nestling Eleonora's Falcons

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 320-325

  Ristow, Dietrich ^a   Wink, Michael ^b  

^a Inst Pharmazie/Molekulare Biotech ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eleonora's Falcon; Falco eleonorae; Male fitness; Molecular sexing; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

SEX RATIO;

CRETE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO ELEONORAE; GALLUS GALLUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 16344383669     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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