The study was carried out with the permission of the regional government of Castilla y Leon,Direccion General del Medio Natural,Servicio de Espacios Naturales.Research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy,Industry,and Competitiveness through projects CGL2007-61395,CGL2010-15726,CGL2013-42451-P;PID2019-109685GB-I00 of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation;G.G.L.was supported by a FPU fellowship of the Spanish Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities(FPU19/06511);A.S.A.was supported by a Ramon y Cajal fellowship of the Spanish Ministry of Science(RYC-2017-22796).
Variation in offspring sex ratios is a central topic in animal demography and population dynamics.Most studies have focused on bird species with marked sexual dimorphism and multiple-nestling broods,where the offsprin...
This work was carried out in compliance with the current laws of China and was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071511,31301878,and 31300339)。
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