Mate choice and uncertainty in the decision process

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-666

  Wiegmann, Daniel D ^a   Angeloni, Lisa M ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Search strategies; Sequential search; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 36248970116     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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