Make love not war: when should less competitive males choose low-quality but defendable females?

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 650-661

  Venner, Samuel ^a   Bernstein, Carlos ^a   Dray, Stéphane ^a   Bel Venner, Marie Claude ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Assortative pairing; Competitive ability; Dynamic game; Intrasexual competition; Male mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BREEDING SEASON; FECUNDITY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAME; MALE; MATE CHOICE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAME THEORY; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 77952076742     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652432     Document Type: Article

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