The large-male advantage in brown antechinuses: Female choice, male dominance, and delayed male death

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-171

  Fisher, Diana O ^a   Cockburn, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dasyuridae; Dominance; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE; MARSUPIAL; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS STUARTII; DASYURIDAE;

EID: 32144439730     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj012     Document Type: Article

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