The more polygynous a species, the more the females outlive the males.
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Clutton-Brock, T. H. & Isvaran, K. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1138 (2007).
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Kaplan, M. Males that fight for mates evolved to die young. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.169
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