Importance of breeding season and maternal investment in studies of sex-ratio adjustment: A case study using tree swallows

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 401-404

  Baeta, Renaud ^a   Bélisle, Marc ^a   Garant, Dany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Breeding season heterogeneity; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860505979     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1009     Document Type: Article

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