The potential for sexual selection in males: Effect of sex ratio and spatiotemporal distribution of receptive females

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 338-352

  Ims, Rolf Anker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

competitive ability; mate detection probability; mating success; overlap promiscuity; sex ratio; Sexual selection; spatiotemporal breeding pattern

Indexed keywords

MATING SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0024224681     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: 15738477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02207565     Document Type: Article

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