Territory Quality and Plumage Morph Predict Offspring Sex Ratio Variation in a Raptor.

Parents may adapt their offspring sex ratio in response to their own phenotype and environmental conditions. The most significant causes for adaptive sex-ratio variation might express themselves as different distributions of fitness components between sexes along a given variable. Several causes for...

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Main Authors: Nayden Chakarov, Martina Pauli, Anna-Katharina Mueller, Astrid Potiek, Thomas Grünkorn, Cor Dijkstra, Oliver Krüger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4596812?pdf=render