Reproductive competition between females in the matrilineal Mosuo of southwestern China

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1631, 2013, Pages

  Ji, Ting ^a   Wu, Jia Jia ^b   He, Qiao Qiao ^a   Xu, Jing Jing ^c   Mace, Ruth ^b   Tao, Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Communal breeding; Conflict; Cooperation; Family; Matriliny

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA ACQUISITION; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CHINA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNAL BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MATRILINY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMMUNAL BREEDING; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FAMILY; MATRILINY;

CHINA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84886524920     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0081     Document Type: Article

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