Cooperation and conflict: The behavioral ecology of the sexual division of labor

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-75

  Bird, Rebecca ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cooperation; Costly signaling; Food sharing; Parental provisioning; Reproductive strategies; Sexual conflict; Sexual division of labor

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0033235707     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)8:2<65::AID-EVAN5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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