Understanding variation in reproductive skew: Directions for future empirical research

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 439-466

  Hodge, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84927049814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511641954.017     Document Type: Chapter

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