The variability of male quality and female mate choice decisions: Second-order stochastic dominance and the behavior of searchers under a sequential search strategy

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1121-1138

  Seubert, Steven M ^a   Wade, Gordon A ^a   Wiegmann, Daniel D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Search behavior; Sequential search strategy; Stochastic dominance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 81255188036     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0399-8     Document Type: Article

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