Secondary sex ratio in eurasian eagle-owls: Early-breeding females produce more daughters

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-65

  Mora, Olga ^a   Del Mar Delgado, Maria ^a   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; Eurasian Eagle Owl; Offspring sex ratio; Sex ratio; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 77949562665     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-09-08.1     Document Type: Article

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