Erratum: Maternal condition but not corticosterone is linked to offspring sex ratio in a passerine bird (PLoS ONE (2014) 9:10 (e110858) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0110858);Maternal condition but not corticosterone is linked to offspring sex ratio in a passerine bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Henderson, Lindsay J ^a,b   Evans, Neil P ^b   Heidinger, Britt J ^b,c   Adams, Aileen ^b   Arnold, Kathryn E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROWTH RATE; MALE; MASS; MATERNAL BODY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84908568837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116366     Document Type: Erratum

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