A comparative Bayes tactic for mate assessment and choice

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-460

  Luttbeg, Barney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; mate choice; value of information

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; INFORMATION GATHERING; MATE CHOICE; SIGNAL;

EID: 0030302905     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.451     Document Type: Article

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