Birth sex ratio and social rank: Consistency and variability within and between primate groups

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 850-856

  Schino, Gabriele ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maternal investment; Meta analysis; Population growth; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DIMORPHISM; INVESTMENT; PRIMATE; RANKING; SEX RATIO;

PRIMATES;

EID: 4344672082     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh094     Document Type: Article

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