Why is mutual mate choice not the norm? Operational sex ratios, sex roles and the evolution of sexually dimorphic and monomorphic signalling

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1419, 2002, Pages 319-330

  Kokko, Hanna ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mutual mate choice; Operational sex ratio; Parental investment; Sexual advertisement

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037192376     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.0926     Document Type: Article

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