Why Monogamy? A Review of Potential Ultimate Drivers

The existence of monogamy in animals is perplexing from an evolutionary perspective. If individuals: (1) have the opportunity to mate with more than one individual and (2) doing so provides fitness benefits (e.g., indirect benefits, increased mating success or fecundity), why does monogamy ever occu...

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Main Author: Hope Klug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00030/full