Stress-induced sex ratios in ground squirrels: Support for a mechanistic hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-167

  Ryan, Calen P ^a,b   Anderson, W Gary ^a   Gardiner, Laura E ^a,c   Hare, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

advantaged matriline; glucocorticoids; litter size; maternal condition; sex ratio; stress; Urocitellus richardsonii

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECAL PELLET; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREGNANCY; RODENT; SEX RATIO; STEROID;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84555209105     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr169     Document Type: Article

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