Reproductive skew, concessions and limited control

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 288-292

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; REPRODUCTIVE CONCESSION; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW;

BREEDING; EVOLUTION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032124861     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01402-5     Document Type: Article

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