The lifetime costs of increased male reproductive effort: Courtship, copulation and the Coolidge effect

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2403-2409

  Jordan, L A ^a   Brooks, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coolidge effect; Costs of reproduction; Courtship; Male choice; Poecilia reticulata

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; CYPRINID; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TRADE-OFF;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POECILIA; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958574002     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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