Female-biased sex ratios in subarctic common frogs

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-63

  Alho, J S ^a   Herczeg, G ^a   Merila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic; CMR analysis; Population decline; Reproduction; Sex ratio; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FROG; MORTALITY; POND; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42549133905     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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