The causes and consequences of reproductive skew in male primates

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 165-195

  Kutsukake, Nobuyuki ^a   Nunn, Charles L ^b,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511641954.009     Document Type: Chapter

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