Why offspring in nonhuman families differ

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 493-512

  Forbes, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth order; Effective; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effect; Nonshared environment; Sibling competition; Social rank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881227006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100303     Document Type: Article

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