Divorce and infidelity are associated with skewed adult sex ratios in birds

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 880-884

  Liker, András ^a,b   Freckleton, Robert P ^a   Székely, Tamás ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; FEMALE; MALE; PAIR BONDING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIR BOND; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898796682     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.059     Document Type: Article

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