Costs of sexual traits: A mismatch between theoretical considerations and empirical evidence

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 365-376

  Kotiaho, Janne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Differential cost; Expenditure; Fitness cost; Immunocompetence; Predation; Sexual selection; Survival; Viability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COST; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREDATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FISHES; INSECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034841587     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793101005711     Document Type: Review

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