Sex-biased juvenile survival in a bird with extreme size dimorphism, the great bustard Otis tarda

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-346

  Martín, Carlos A ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^b   Alonso, Javier A ^c   Palacín, Carlos ^b   Magaña, Marina ^b   Martín, Beatriz ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GAMEBIRD; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; POPULATION TYPE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVORSHIP;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [MADRID (ADS/PRV)]; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VILLAFAFILA; ZAMORA [CASTILLA Y LEON];

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 34247893792     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03811.x     Document Type: Article

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