Infanticide as Sexual Conflict: Coevolution of Male Strategies and Female Counterstrategies

Volume: 7, Issue: 6, Pages: 1 - 31
Published: Jun 1, 2015
Abstract
One of the earliest recognized forms of sexual conflict was infanticide by males, which imposes serious costs on female reproductive success. Here I review two bodies of evidence addressing coevolved strategies of males and females. The original sexual selection hypothesis arguing that infanticide improves male mating success by accelerating the return of females to fertilizable condition has been generally supported in some taxa--notably, some...
Paper Details
Title
Infanticide as Sexual Conflict: Coevolution of Male Strategies and Female Counterstrategies
Published Date
Jun 1, 2015
Volume
7
Issue
6
Pages
1 - 31
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