Manipulating sex ratio to increase population growth: The example of the Lesser Kestrel

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-244

  Lenz, T L ^a,b   Jacob, A ^a,b,c,d   Wedekind, Claus ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Captive breeding; Population management; Ryman Laikre effect; Supplementary breeding; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEX RATIO;

FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 34247887406     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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