Aping our ancestors: Comparative aspects of reproductive ecology

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 175-185

  Bentley, Gillian R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Development; Hormones; Nutrition; Primates; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033242415     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)7:5<175::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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