Evolution of female mate choice based on male age: Are older males better mates?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Beck, Christopher W ^a,b,c   Powe, Larkin A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Age specific survival; Female mate choice; Genetic algorithm; Genetic quality; Good genes; Life history evolution; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001377995     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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