Towards an information-processing theory of mate choice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1493-1497

  Castellano, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

decision making; mate choice; sequential sampling model; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; MATE CHOICE; SAMPLING; SEXUAL SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70649095163     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.002     Document Type: Note

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