Female competition and aggression: Interdisciplinary perspectives

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  Stockley, Paula ^a   Campbell, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrasexual competition; Sex differences; Sexual selection; Social competition; Social conflict; Women

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL COMPETITION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; SEX DIFFERENCES; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL COMPETITION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; WOMEN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84886517392     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0073     Document Type: Editorial

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