Reproductive skew in female-dominated mammalian societies

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 53-83

  Holekamp, Kay E ^a   Engh, Anne L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511641954.005     Document Type: Chapter

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