Mutual mate choice and sex differences in choosiness

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1382-1391

  Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Reynolds, John D ^b   Deutsch, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mate choice; parental care; parental investment; sex role reversal; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CHOOSINESS; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0029660353     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03912.x     Document Type: Article

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