Monomorphism, male-male competition, and mechanisms of sexual dimorphism

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-325

  Lawler, Richard R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hominin dimorphism; Intrasexual competition; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HOMINID; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 69549084430     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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