Social competition and its consequences in female mammals

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 151-171

  Clutton Brock, T ^a   Huchard, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Females; Mammals; Social competition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EUSOCIALITY; FEMALE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 84874326251     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12023     Document Type: Article

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