Paternal song complexity predicts offspring sex ratios close to fledging, but not hatching, in Song Sparrows

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-152

  Potvin, Dominique A ^a,b   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 80052220608     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-069.1     Document Type: Article

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