Emerging sex allocation research in mammals: Marsupials and the pouch advantage

Mammal Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Robert, Kylie A ^a   Schwanz, Lisa E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local resource competition (LRC); Metatheria; Offspring sex; Sex ratio manipulation; Trivers Willard Hypothesis (TWH)

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 78650043262     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00168.x     Document Type: Review

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