Mate guarding and the evolution of social monogamy in mammals

Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 42-58

  Brotherton, P N M ^a   Komers, Petr E ^b  

^a NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MSES ^*  (Canada)

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