Sex ratio, sex-specific chick mortality and sexual size dimorphism in birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1522-1530

  Benito, M M ^a   Gonzalez Solis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative analysis; Fledging sex ratio; Hatching sex ratio; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; FLEDGING; GROWTH; HATCHING; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

AVES;

EID: 34250768169     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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