Taller men are less sensitive to cues of dominance in other men

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 943-947

  Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Fraccaro, Paul J ^a   Smith, Finlay G ^a   Vukovic, Jovana ^a   Feinberg, David R ^b   Debruine, Lisa M ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dominance; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; MALE; MASCULINIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955854671     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq091     Document Type: Article

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