The causes of physiological suppression in vertebrate societies: A synthesis

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 397-436

  Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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