Effect of operational sex ratio on female-female versus male-male competitive aggression

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2242-2246

  Grant, James W A ^a   Foam, Patricia E ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORECASTING; LINEAR ALGEBRA;

INTRASEXUAL AGGRESSION; SEX RATIO;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AGGRESSION; FISH; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; SEX RATIO;

LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 0036968708     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-217     Document Type: Article

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