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Early growth, dominance acquisition and lifetime reproductive success in male and female cooperative meerkats
In polygynous species, variance in reproductive success is higher in males than females. There is consequently stronger selection for competitive traits in males and early growth can have a greater influence on later fitness in males than in females. As yet, little is known about sex differences in...
Autores principales: | English, Sinead, Huchard, Elise, Nielsen, Johanna F, Clutton-Brock, Tim H |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3856740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24340181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.820 |
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