A two-sex life history model of handicap signaling

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-226

  Cyrus Chu, C Y ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Handicap theory; Incentive compatibility; Individual rationality; Sex selection; Signaling equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77649338764     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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