Cooperative breeders adjust offspring sex ratios to produce helpful helpers
Whether birds and mammals adaptively adjust their offspring sex ratio in response to their environment is much debated. A source of confusion is that different studies show different patterns, with sex ratio adjustment appearing to occur in some cases but not others. The extent to which this reflect...
Päätekijät: | Griffin, A, Sheldon, B, West, S |
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Muut tekijät: | American Society of Naturalists |
Aineistotyyppi: | Journal article |
Kieli: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2005
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