Nuptial gifts

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2011, Pages R644-R645

  Lewis, Sara ^a   South, Adam ^a   Burns, Robert ^a   Al Wathiqui, Nooria ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84856593173     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.046     Document Type: Short Survey

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