Sexual selection favours male parental care, when females can choose

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1734, 2012, Pages 1784-1790

  Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Evolutionary theory; Mate choice; Parental investment; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATERNITY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84858786272     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2237     Document Type: Article

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