The environment's influence on mate preferences

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-134

  Montoya, R Matthew ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Erotic plasticity; Evolution; Gender differences; Mate preferences; Sexual strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 28244486471     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: 14792516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660500173339     Document Type: Article

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