Dwarf males

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Vollrath, Fritz ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DWARFING; NATURAL SELECTION;

DWARFISM; FEMALE; INTIMACY; MALE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ARANEAE;

EID: 0031924190     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01283-4     Document Type: Article

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