Sexually selected traits and adult survival: A meta-analysis

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-36

  Jennions, M D ^a   Moller A P ^a   Petrie, M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; AVES; INSECTA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 0037630204     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/393743     Document Type: Review

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