Sex bias in biopsy samples collected from free-ranging dolphins

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-158

  Quérouil, Sophie ^a,b,e   Freitas, Luís ^c   Dinis, Ana ^c   Alves, Filipe ^c   Cascão, Irma ^a   Prieto, Rui ^a   Silva, Mónica A ^a,d   Magalhães, Sara ^a   Matos, Jose A ^b   Santos, Ricardo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

^c Rua da Pedra d'Eira   (Portugal)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biological samples; Bottlenose dolphins; Common dolphins; NE Atlantic; Sex ratio; Spotted dolphins

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA FRONTALIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77952584463     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0299-7     Document Type: Article

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