Fetal sex ratio variation in the highly polygynous Himalayan tahr: Evidence for differential male mortality

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 572-578

  Forsyth, David M ^a,b   Tustin, Ken G ^c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Loison, Anne ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetal mortality; Hemitragus jemlahicus; Kidney fat index; Maternal condition; Sex ratios; Trivers Willard model

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MORTALITY; POLYGYNY; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; HEMITRAGUS; HEMITRAGUS JEMLAHICUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 3042786401     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh063     Document Type: Article

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