Animal Behavior

  1. Mating Behavior and Reproductive Systems
    1. Sexual Selection Theory
      1. Darwin's Sexual Selection Concept
        1. Intrasexual Selection
          1. Male-Male Competition
            1. Physical Combat
              1. Display Competition
                1. Sperm Competition
                2. Alternative Mating Tactics
                  1. Sneaker Males
                    1. Satellite Males
                      1. Female Mimicry
                    2. Intersexual Selection
                      1. Female Choice Mechanisms
                        1. Male Courtship Displays
                          1. Mate Assessment Criteria
                        2. Models of Mate Choice
                          1. Direct Benefits Models
                            1. Resource Provisioning
                              1. Parental Care Quality
                                1. Territory Quality
                                2. Indirect Benefits Models
                                  1. Good Genes Hypothesis
                                    1. Genetic Quality Indicators
                                      1. Immunocompetence Signaling
                                      2. Fisherian Runaway Selection
                                        1. Positive Feedback Loops
                                          1. Arbitrary Trait Evolution
                                          2. Sensory Bias Model
                                            1. Pre-Existing Preferences
                                              1. Sensory System Exploitation
                                          3. Mating System Classification
                                            1. Monogamy
                                              1. Social Monogamy
                                                1. Genetic Monogamy
                                                  1. Serial Monogamy
                                                    1. Factors Promoting Monogamy
                                                    2. Polygyny
                                                      1. Female Defense Polygyny
                                                        1. Resource Defense Polygyny
                                                          1. Lek Polygyny
                                                            1. Scramble Competition Polygyny
                                                            2. Polyandry
                                                              1. Resource Defense Polyandry
                                                                1. Cooperative Polyandry
                                                                  1. Benefits to Females
                                                                  2. Promiscuity
                                                                    1. Multiple Mating Benefits
                                                                      1. Lack of Pair Bonds
                                                                        1. Sperm Competition Consequences
                                                                      2. Sexual Conflict
                                                                        1. Evolutionary Basis of Sexual Conflict
                                                                          1. Pre-Copulatory Conflict
                                                                            1. Mating Rate Conflicts
                                                                              1. Mate Choice Conflicts
                                                                              2. Post-Copulatory Conflict
                                                                                1. Sperm Competition
                                                                                  1. Cryptic Female Choice
                                                                                    1. Male Mate Guarding

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