Mating Systems

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2266-2273

  Shuster, S M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness variance; Genetic correlations; Good genes; I mates; Mate numbers; Opportunity for selection; Sex differences; Sex ratio; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988540084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00022-7     Document Type: Chapter

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