Sex ratio effects on reproductive strategies in humans

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schacht, Ryan ^a   Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Makushi Guyana; Sex ratio; Sex roles; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941782575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140402     Document Type: Article

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