Mate guarding and frequent in-pair copulation in humans: Concurrent or compensatory anti-cuckoldry tactics?

Human Nature

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-252

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Goetz, Aaron T ^a   Guta, Faith E ^a   Schmitt, David P ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti cuckoldry tactics; Copulation frequency; Mate guarding; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751065681     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-006-1007-x     Document Type: Article

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