Equitable Chick Survival in Three Species of the Non-Migratory Shorebird Despite Species-Specific Sexual Dimorphism of the Young

Sex-biases in populations can have important implications for species’ social biology, population demography and mating systems. It has recently been suggested that in some shorebirds, sex-specific bias in survival of precocial young may occur. This may be driven by variation in the brood...

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Main Authors: Daniel Lees, Tom Schmidt, Craig D. H. Sherman, Grainne S. Maguire, Peter Dann, Michael A. Weston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/5/271