Debating sexual selection and mating strategies [1]

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5774, 2006, Pages 689-

  Dall, Sasha R X ^a   McNamara, John M ^b   Wedell, Nina ^a   Hosken, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; GAME; HUMAN; LETTER; MATING; NASH COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646453976     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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