Sex manipulation within broods of house wrens? A second look

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1323-1329

  Johnson, L Scott ^a   Wimmers, Larry E ^a   Johnson, Bonnie G ^a   Milkie, Robyn C ^a   Molinaro, Rachel L ^a   Gallagher, Brendan S ^a   Masters, Brian S ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIAS (BIRD); TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 28444483265     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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