No evidence for adaptive differential sex allocation in red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1161-1168

  Parker, Timothy H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Gallus gallus; Generalized linear mixed model; Red Junglefowl; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; GAMEBIRD; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 28744449026     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1161:NEFADS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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