Male combat favours female-biased sex ratios under environmental sex determination

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-181

  Freedberg, Steven ^a   Wade, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIGHTING; SEX DETERMINATION;

EID: 1142306095     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.01.004     Document Type: Note

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