Ontogenic sex ratio variation in Nazca Boobies ends in male-biased adult sex ratio

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-16

  Maness, Terri J ^a   Westbrock, Mark A ^a   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fledgling survival; Nazca Booby; Operational sex ratio; Population sex ratio; Sex allocation; Sex specific mortality; Sula granti

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ONTOGENY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEABIRD; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SULA GRANTI;

EID: 34250019945     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0010:OSRVIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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