Variation in mate choice and mating preferences: A review of causes and consequences

Biological Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-327

  Jennions, Michael D ^a   Petrie, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female mate choice; Female female competition; Mate p; Mate sampling; Mating decisions; Sexual selection; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MATING; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031011518     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1997.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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