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Sex differences in development alter the fledgling sex ratio in a lekking bird with strong sexual size dimorphism
Lina M. Giraldo‐Deck, James D. M. Tolliver, Hanna Algora…·Clemens Küpper
The paper shows that sex differences in growth, survival, and fledging timing lead to a female-biased fledgling sex ratio in Ruffs, a lekking bird with strong sexual size dimorphism.
DOI 10.1101/2025.10.29.685087