Mate choice copying as public information

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 74-76

  Nordell, Shawn E ^a   Valone, Thomas J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copying; Discrimination; Mate choice; Public information; Resource assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002026570     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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