Measuring mating competition correctly: Available evidence supports operational sex ratio theory

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1170-1177

  De Jong, Karen ^a   Forsgren, Elisabet ^b   Sandvik, Hanno ^a   Amundsen, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

courtship; operational sex ratio; propensity; sex roles; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; META-ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 84867774738     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars094     Document Type: Article

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