Opposing offspring sex ratio variations with increasing age and weight in mouflon mothers (Ovis musimon)

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-268

  Landete Castillejos, T ^a   Garcia, A ^a   Langton, S ^b   Inglis, I ^b   Gallego, L ^a   Garde, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Birth sex ratios; Local Resource Competition strategy; Mouflon; Ovis musimon; Parental investment; Reproduction; Sex ratio variation; Spain; Trivers Willard strategy; Weight

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SHEEP;

EID: 85047686093     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/004.49.2001.3.1     Document Type: Article

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