Should females prefer to mate with low-quality males?

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.015zbMath1400.92603OpenAlexW2050049832WikidataQ51693920 ScholiaQ51693920MaRDI QIDQ1797583

Codina Cotar, Alasdair I. Houston, E. J. Collins, John M. McNamara

Publication date: 22 October 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.015

zbMATH Keywords

qualitymate choiceparental care

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92) Animal behavior (92D50)

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• Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem
• A long-term genetic model for the evolution of sexual preference: the theories of Fisher and Zahavi re-examined

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