Age-related foetal sex ratio bias in Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus): Are male calves too expensive for growing mothers?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Landete Castillejos, Tomás ^a,b   Gortázar, Christian ^b   Vicente, Joaquin ^b   Fierro, Yolanda ^c   Garcia, Andres ^a,b   Gallego, Laureano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c Yolfi Properties SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maternal expenditure; Offspring sex ratio; Parental investment; Reproduction; Trivers Willard model

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS;

EID: 2442449223     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0764-y     Document Type: Article

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