Influences of social learning on mate-choice decisions

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-113

  White, David J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 2342509608     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196011     Document Type: Review

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