Flexible Mate Choice

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Volume-Three Set

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages V1-730-V1-737

  Ah King, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chance; Choosiness; Individual variation; Mate assessment; Mate choice; Mate preference; Plasticity; Preference function; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871681301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00185-6     Document Type: Chapter

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