Experimentally manipulated brood sex ratios: Growth and survival in the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus), a sexually dimorphic species

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 313-320

  Müller, Wendt ^a,c   Kalmbach, Ellen ^b   Eising, Corine M ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a   Dijkstra, Cor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black headed gull; Egg quality; Hatching asynchrony; Sex specific mortality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 27644484474     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0045-4     Document Type: Article

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