Laying order and offspring sex in blue tits Parus caeruleus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-359

  Cichoń, Mariusz ^a   Dubiec, Anna ^a   Stoczko, Magdalena ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; LAYING DATE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; SEX ALLOCATION;

PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 1642424379     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2003.03201.x     Document Type: Article

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