Variation in offspring sex ratio among individual Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) females of different quality

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1679-1687

  Proffitt, Kelly M ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Rotella, Jay J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptonychotes weddellii; Lifetime reproductive output; Sex ratio; Trivers Willard model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FITNESS; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX RATIO;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 48349117481     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0596-2     Document Type: Article

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