Hatching sex ratio and sex specific chick mortality in common terns Sterna hirundo

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-243

  González Solís, Jacob ^a   Becker, Peter H ^b   Wendeln, Helmut ^c   Wink, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c Institut für Angewandte Ökologie GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Offspring mortality; Rearing costs; Sex allocation; Sex biased progeny; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 23144438949     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0084-7     Document Type: Article

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