Sex ratios and multifaceted parental investment

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 501-535

  Rosenheim, Jay A ^a   Nonacs, Peter ^b   Mangel, Marc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX RATIO;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0029662709     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285937     Document Type: Article

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