Human male mating strategies: I. Courtship tactics of the "quality" and "quantity" alternatives

Ethology and Sociobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-70

  Hirsch, Linda R ^a   Paul, Luci ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship tactics; Dating behaviors; Male reproductive strategies; Mating strategies; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039996786     PISSN: 01623095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3095(96)00128-8     Document Type: Article

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