Maternal stress to partner quality is linked to adaptive offspring sex ratio adjustment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-722

  Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Rollins, Lee A ^a   Buttemer, William A ^b   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

corticosterone; Gouldian finch; mate choice; maternal effects; sex ratios

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EGG PRODUCTION; HORMONE; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE;

EID: 79959475607     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr040     Document Type: Article

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