The socio-ecology of sex ratio variation in primates: Evolutionary deduction and empirical evidence

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 293-306

  Van Hooff, J A R A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive manipulation of sex ratio; Evolutionary explantations; Female bonded species; Local resource competition; Male quality; Male contest species; Man; Primates; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030999890     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01112-4     Document Type: Article

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