Female reproductive strategies and competition in apes: An introduction

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 815-821

  Emery Thompson, Melissa ^a   Stumpf, Rebecca M ^b   Pusey, Anne E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 51349115002     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9273-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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