Sex-specific effects of yolk-androgens on growth of nestling American kestrels

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 617-625

  Sockman, Keith W ^a   Weiss, Jack ^a   Webster, Michael S ^b   Talbott, Vanessa ^b   Schwabl, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal effects; Reproductive value; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Sibling differences

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NESTLING; SEX ALLOCATION;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 38049048779     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0486-z     Document Type: Article

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