Sex roles and sexual selection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1311-1321

  Cunningham, E J A ^a   Birkhead, T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0032457840     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0953     Document Type: Review

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