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Increased male bias in eider ducks can be explained by sex-specific survival of prime-age breeders
In contrast to theoretical predictions of even adult sex ratios, males are dominating in many bird populations. Such bias among adults may be critical to population growth and viability. Nevertheless, demographic mechanisms for biased adult sex ratios are still poorly understood. Here, we examined p...
Autores principales: | Ramula, Satu, Öst, Markus, Lindén, Andreas, Karell, Patrik, Kilpi, Mikael |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29634733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195415 |
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