The dynamics of operational sex ratios and competition for mates

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 404-408

  Kvarnemo, Charlotta ^a   Ahnesjö, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

MATE COMPETITION; OPERATIONAL SEX RATIO; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE RATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0030451105     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10056-2     Document Type: Review

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