Sequential male mate choice under sperm competition risk

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 660-667

  Ramm, Steven A ^a,b   Stockley, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Mate choice; Mating effort; Sex roles; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sperm allocation; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

EID: 84900866206     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru037     Document Type: Article

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