Out with a bang

被引：15

作者：

Humphries, S

Stevens, DJ

机构：

[1] Univ Glasgow, Inst Biomed & Life Sci, Div Environm & Evolutionary Biol, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland

[2] Freshwater Biol Assoc, Ambleside LA22 0LP, Cumbria, England

来源：

NATURE | 2001年 / 410卷 / 6830期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/35071202

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Not many mammalian males die soon after mating — the phenomenon was thought to be limited to certain small marsupials. Its occurrence in a larger marsupial overturns previous ideas about why the strategy exists.

引用

页码：758 / 759

页数：2

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