Female choice, conflict between the sexes and the evolution of male alternative reproductive behaviours

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-170

  Alonzo, Suzanne Henson ^a,b   Warner, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behaviours; Life history theory; Multi player dynamic game models; Reproductive strategies; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000700971     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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