Explaining variation in reproductive skew among male langurs: Effects of future mating prospects and ecological factors

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 134-164

  Hager, Reinmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511641954.008     Document Type: Chapter

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