Preferred number of sexual partners: Tails of distributions and tales of mating systems

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-278

  McBurney, Donald H ^a   Zapp, Daniel J ^a   Streeter, Sybil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment fertility theory; Mating systems; Number of desired partners; Sex differences; Sexual strategies theory

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA;

EID: 17844386580     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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