Male phenotypic quality influences offspring sex ratio in a polygynous ungulate

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 727-733

  Røed, Knut H ^a   Holand, Øystein ^a   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Tverdal, Aage ^a   Kumpula, Jouko ^c   Nieminen, Mauri ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Differential allocation hypothesis; Harvesting; Male attractiveness; Maternal investment; Trivers Willard model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; HARVESTING; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYGYNY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUTTING; SELECTION; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REINDEER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINLAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION; FINLAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; REINDEER; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33947509330     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0214     Document Type: Article

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