Polyandry and alternative mating tactics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1613, 2013, Pages

  Neff, Bryan D ^a   Svensson, Erik I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disruptive selection; Mate choice; Polymorphism; Sexual selection; Strategy; Tactic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; POLYANDRY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNEAK COPULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879468936     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0045     Document Type: Review

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