Birth Order, Coital Rates, Polygyny, Stress, and the Secondary Sex Ratio: A Reply to James

Social Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 283-288

  Martin, John F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH ORDER; COITUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BIRTH ORDER; COITUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO; STRESS;

EID: 0031216128     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1997.9988955     Document Type: Article

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