Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Causes and consequences of variation in mating preferences

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-31

  Widemo, Fredrik ^a   Sæther, Stein Are ^b  

^a Dept of Zoology   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MATING; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032976590     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01531-6     Document Type: Review

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