Sex in the morning or in the evening? Females adjust daily mating patterns to the intensity of sexual harassment.

Selection on males to mate at a higher rate than females often results in male harassment of females and counteracting female responses. When the reproductive value of copulation changes over time, these mating strategies are expected to be time dependent. Here, we demonstrate that variation in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Løvlie, H, Pizzari, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007