Eveningness is related to men's mating success

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-267

  Randler, Christoph ^a   Ebenhöh, Nadine ^a   Fischer, Arian ^a   Höchel, Sandra ^a   Schroff, Christina ^a   Stoll, Julia Christin ^a   Vollmer, Christian ^a   Piffer, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Extra pair copulation; Morningness eveningness; Number of sexual partners; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861691173     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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