Battle of the sexes: cost asymmetry explains female dominance in lemurs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1435-1439

  Dunham, Amy E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetrical game; bird; cost asymmetry; female dominance; intersexual contests; lemur; primate; sexual selection; sexual size dimorphism; strepsirrhine

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BIRD; DOMINANCE; PLAY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AVES; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 51549090152     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.06.018     Document Type: Note

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