Temperature-dependent sex-biased embryo mortality in a bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1652, 2008, Pages 2703-2706

  Eiby, Yvonne A ^a   Wilmer, Jessica Worthington ^b   Booth, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alectura lathami; Embryo mortality; Megapode; Sex ratios; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; POULTRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EMBRYO MORTALITY; FEMALE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALECTURA LATHAMI; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 54249087052     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0954     Document Type: Article

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