Sensory bias and the adaptiveness of female choice

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 937-942

  Dawkins, Marian Stamp ^a   Guilford, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THEORY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE CHOICE; MATE CHOICE; NON-ADAPTIVE THEORY;

EID: 0030415850     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285964     Document Type: Article

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