The measure and significance of Bateman's principles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Collet, Julie M ^a,b,c   Dean, Rebecca F ^a,c,d   Worley, Kirsty ^a,e   Richardson, David S ^e   Pizzari, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bateman principles; Gallus gallus; Polyandry; Sex roles; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898715955     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2973     Document Type: Article

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