Does egg sex ratio in urban kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) differ from parity?

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 545-552

  Rejt, Łukasz ^a   Gryczyńska Siemia̧tkowska, Alicja ^b   Rutkowski, Robert ^a   Malewska, Arleta ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c MBS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Egg sex ratio; Falco tinnunculus; Kestrel; Multiplex PCR; Primary sex ratio; Urban area

Indexed keywords

PCB; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPTOR; SEX RATIO; URBANIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 31444450855     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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