Sex allocation in Savi's warblers Locustella luscinioides: Multiple factors affect seasonal trends in brood sex ratios

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-304

  Neto, Júlio M ^a,b   Hansson, Bengt ^b   Hasselquist, Dennis ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brood sex ratio; Condition; Laying date; Laying order; Quality

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; COMPENSATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; LAYING DATE; MORTALITY; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRD;

LOCUSTELLA LUSCINIOIDES;

EID: 78751579093     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1046-5     Document Type: Article

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