Models of reproductive skew: A review and synthesis

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-26

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; REPRODUCTION; SKEWNESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033953645     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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