title: Copying and sexual selection.
abstract: Recent studies of a variety of polygynously mating animals indicate that females do not always choose mates independently, but instead may copy the choices of others. Copying could serve either to increase the accuracy of mate assessment or to reduce its costs. It is also likely to affect the intensity of sexual selection.
authors.affiliation: Robert M. Gibson is at the Dept of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1606, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Höglund