Poaching, promiscuity, and deceit: Combatting mating rivalry in same-sex friendships

Personal Relationships

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-424

  Bleske, April L ^a,b   Shackelford, Todd K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0035730670     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2001.tb00048.x     Document Type: Article

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