Flexible mate choice when mates are rare and time is short

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2820-2831

  Tinghitella, Robin M ^a   Weigel, Emily G ^b   Head, Megan ^c   Boughman, Janette W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Mate choice; Operational sex ratio; Plasticity; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886995277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.666     Document Type: Article

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