How do animals choose their mates?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 468-470

  Gibson, Robert M ^a   Langen, Tom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MATE CHOICE;

EID: 0030511812     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10050-1     Document Type: Review

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