Female-biased sex ratio arises after parental care in the sexually dimorphic Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1336-1346

  Awkerman, Jill A ^a,c   Westbrock, Mark A ^a   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^b,d   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Known fate; Phoebastria irrorata; Provision; Seabird; Sex ratio; Waved Albatross

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; REARING; RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

ECUADOR; ESPANOLA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

PHOEBASTRIA IRRORATA;

EID: 36448969698     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1336:FSRAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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