The influence of male age and simulated pathogenic infection on producing a dishonest sexual signal

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1748, 2012, Pages 4740-4746

  Copeland, Emily K ^a   Fedorka, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dishonest signal; Infection; Reproductive acceleration; Residual reproductive value; Sexual conflict; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868134634     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1914     Document Type: Article

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