Offspring sex ratio in moose Alces alces in relation to paternal age: An experiment

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a,b   Solberg, Erling J ^b   Heim, Morten ^b   Stacy, John E ^c,d   Jakobsen, Kjetill S ^d   Olstad, Randi ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Affitech AS   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age specific demography; Alces alces; Harvest strategy; Moose; Secondary sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842561661     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.009     Document Type: Article

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