Potential reproductive rates and the operation of sexual selection

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 437-456

  Glutton Brock, T H ^a   Parker, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

OPERATIONAL SEX RATIO; REPRODUCTIVE RATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0027026947     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/417793     Document Type: Article

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