The variability of male quality and female mate choice decisions: Second-order stochastic dominance and the behavior of searchers under a sequential search strategy

DOI10.1007/S00285-010-0399-8MaRDI QIDQ662579zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Steven M. Seubert, Gordon A. Wade, Daniel D. Wiegmann

Publication date 24 February 2012

Published in Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-010-0399-8

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic dominancemate choicesearch behaviorsequential search strategy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Animal behavior (92D50) Optimal stopping in statistics (62L15)

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