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Deer destiny determined by density

Date

Authors

Cockburn, Andrew

Publisher

Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Abstract

Theory predicts that socially dominant females will produce more sons than daughters. But when times are hard, the higher growth rate of males means that proportionately more will die during development. New work shows that, in red deer, these effects can operate in concert.

Keywords

Keywords: dominance; maternal effect; sex ratio; deer; life cycle; nonhuman; population density; priority journal; progeny; sex ratio; short survey; Animals; Deer; Female; Male; Models, Biological; Population Density; Reproduction; Sex Differentiation; Sex Ratio; S

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90569

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Nature

Type

Journal article

DOI

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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