Sex differences in energy expenditure in non-human primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1437, 1999, Pages 2479-2485

  Key, Catherine ^a   Ross, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Energy expenditure; Reproductive costs; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033596279     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0949     Document Type: Article

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