Facultative sex ratio adjustment by western bluebird mothers with stay-at-home helpers-at-the-nest

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-380

  Dickinson, Janis L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hastings Reservation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; FITNESS; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

SIALIA; SIALIA MEXICANA;

EID: 3242662670     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.07.022     Document Type: Article

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