Differential investment in sons and daughters: Do white rhinoceros mothers favor sons?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 632-638

  White, Angela M ^a   Swaisgood, Ronald R ^b   Czekala, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratotherium simum; Maternal investment; Rhinoceros; Sex allocation; Signaling

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIGNALING;

CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 34347266948     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-180R2.1     Document Type: Article

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