Faithful without care: The evolution of monogyny

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1400-1405

  Fromhage, Lutz ^a,c   Elgar, Mark A ^b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective sex ratio; Evolutionarily stable strategy model; Male mating strategies; Monogamy; Paternity protection

Indexed keywords

MALE BEHAVIOR; MONOGYNY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23244466463     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01790.x     Document Type: Article

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