Sexual selection when the female directly benefits

Why do females of many species mate with males on the basis of traits apparently detrimental to male survival? The answer may lie in the fact that these male traits are correlated with male condition. We consider the argument that high male condition directly benefits female fecundity and/or viabili...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological journal of the Linnean Society 1993-03, Vol.48 (3), p.187-211
Hauptverfasser:	PRICE, TREVOR, SCHLUTER, DOLPH, HECKMAN, NANCY E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal ethology Aves Biological and medical sciences birds condition fecundity Fecundity selection female preferences females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology handicaps male effect males mean fitness parasites paternal care Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry quantitative genetics sexual selection theoretical models Vertebrata viability
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