Sex ratio of Parus major and P. caeruleus broods depends on parental condition and habitat quality

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 367-373

  Stauss, Michael ^a   Segelbacher, Gernot ^b   Tomiuk, Jürgen ^a   Bachmann, Lutz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 17144413811     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13333.x     Document Type: Article

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