The measurement of sexual selection on females and males

Current Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 558-563

  Fritzsche, Karoline ^a   Booksmythe, Isobel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mating success; Mating system; Postcopulatory sexual selection; Reproductive success; Sex roles; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881508769     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/59.4.558     Document Type: Article

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