Female-biased sex ratios and the proportion of cryptic male morphs of migrant juvenile Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) in Finland

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 125-134

  Jaatinen, Kim ^a   Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^b   Lank, David B ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; WADER;

FINLAND;

PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX;

EID: 78651367180     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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