Offspring sex ratio in relation to parental structural size and body condition in the long-lived wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 767-773

  Blanchard, Pierrick ^a,b   Hanuise, Nicolas ^a   Dano, Stéphanie ^b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Diomedea exulans; Fitness return; Sex ratio; Structural size

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FITNESS; FLEDGING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 33847684850     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0307-9     Document Type: Article

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