Mate choice copying and mate quality bias: are they different processes?
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Mate choice copying and mate quality bias : are they different processes ?
Mate preferences can be highly variable within populations (Andersson 1994; Jennions and Petrie 1997). Part of this variation is owing to flexibility in mating preferences expressed by individuals during their lifetime (Jennions and Petrie 1997). Of increasing interest over the past 2 decades has been the potential role of individual social experiences underlying such flexibility in mate choice...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1465-7279,1045-2249
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp154