Social competition and selection in males and females

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Huchard, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance status; Mating systems; Sex roles; Sexual selection; Social competition; Social selection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATING SYSTEMS; REVIEW; SEX ROLES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL COMPETITION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL SELECTION;

DOMINANCE STATUS; MATING SYSTEMS; SEX ROLES; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL COMPETITION; SOCIAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84886465303     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0074     Document Type: Review

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