Reproductive skew in avian societies

Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 227-264

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Shen, Sheng Feng ^b   Krakauer, Alan H ^c   Haydock, Joseph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511641954.011     Document Type: Chapter

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