A curvilinear effect of height on reproductive success in human males

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-384

  Stulp, Gert ^a   Pollet, Thomas V ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Height; Human; Reproductive success; Review; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDUCATION; HEIGHT; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INCOME; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LINEARITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84856950737     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1283-2     Document Type: Review

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