Seasonal variation in sex ratio and sexual egg dimorphism favouring daughters in first clutches of the spotless starling

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Journal of Evolutionary Biology

• Publication date

  2001-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00320.x
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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