Offspring sex ratio allocation in the parasitic jaeger: Selection for pale females and melanic males?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-245

  Janssen, Kirstin ^a,b,c   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Hatching date; Offspring sex ratio; Parental quality; Plumage color polymorphism; Selection

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; COLOR MORPH; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

STERCORARIUS; STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 32244436611     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj015     Document Type: Article

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