Research data supporting “Do mothers bias offspring sex ratios in carotenoid-rich environments?”
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Authors
Macleod, Kirsty J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-3809
Brekke, Patricia
Tong, Wenfei
Ewen, John G.
Thorogood, Rose https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5010-2177
Description
Data from an experimental treatment of carotenoids to hihi (Notiomystis cincta) mothers, conducted on Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand in 2004 and 2005. Spreadsheet 1 presents Laying rank and sex of eggs laid. Spreadsheet 2 contains clutch sex ratios and information about maternal age.
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Microsoft Excel
Keywords
bird, sex allocation, sex ratio, threatened species, carotenoids
Publisher
University of Cambridge
Sponsorship
BBSRC [BB/J014109/1], NERC [NE/K00929X/1], Royal Society, Society in Science - Branco Weiss, Institute of Zoology (IOZ)