Mate-choice copying by females: The advantages of a prudent strategy

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 418-423

  Sirot, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Copying; Mate choice; Mating skew; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034964599     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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