Understanding Promiscuity: When Is Seeking Additional Mates Better Than Guarding An Already Found One?

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2838-2848

  Harts, Anna M F ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male mating strategy; Mate guarding; Monogamy; Paternity protection; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FERTILITY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MALE MATING STRATEGY; MATE-GUARDING; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MALE MATING STRATEGY; MATE-GUARDING; MONOGAMY; PATERNITY PROTECTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84885045785     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12163     Document Type: Article

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