Sex ratio variation and mixed pairs in roe deer: Evidence for control of sex allocation?

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-370

  Macdonald, David W ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capreolus; Roe deer; Sex ratio; Sex ratio variance; Trivers Willard

Indexed keywords

DEER; HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54349085776     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1142-7     Document Type: Article

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