Sexual dimorphism and sexual selection: A unified economic analysis

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-363

  Cyrus Chu, C Y ^a   Lee, Ronald D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Handicap principle; Intergenerational transfers; Menopause; Optimal life history; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84869866251     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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