Promiscuous females protect their offspring

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 127-134

  Wolff, Jerry O ^a   MacDonald, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; MAMMAL; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY; SPERM COMPETITION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1242277379     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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