Socio-demographic factors intensifying male mating competition exacerbate male mortality rates

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-204

  Kruger, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Mortality; Operational sex ratio; Polygyny; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955796440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800205     Document Type: Article

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