Matings systems and the evolution of niche breadth

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Proulx, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mating systems; Niche breadth; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NICHE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0032798999     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303218     Document Type: Article

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