How important are direct fitness benefits of sexual selection?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 401-415

  Moller A ^a   Jennions, M ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY SIZE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HATCHING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034752131     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140100255     Document Type: Review

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