Manipulation of offspring sex ratio by second-mated female house wrens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1490, 2002, Pages 461-465

  Albrecht, Daniel J ^a   Johnson, L Scott ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

Author keywords

Polygyny; Sex ratio manipulation; Trivers Willard hypothesis; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL RATE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 53149138952     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1914     Document Type: Article

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