Quantifying and comparing mating systems using normalized mutual entropy

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Bertram, Susan M ^a   Gorelick, Root ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

information theory; mutual entropy; promiscuity; social cohesion

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; FECUNDITY; MONOGAMY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57449092485     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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