...Lei Lv; Jan Komdeur; Jianqiang Li; Isabella B.R. Scheiber; Zhengwang Zhang Following the procedures for testing mate retention and breeding experience on number of fledglings described above, we investigated how mate retention and breeding experience affected 1) laying dates, 2) clutch size, and 3...

...-eyed Penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), and the effects of reproductive success. Annual mate retention rate was 63%, and territory retention for males and females were 52% and 46% respectively. The majority of pair dissolutions were due to death of a partner, with only 6% of bonds ending...

...-term relationship maintenance. Different expressions of this include phenomena such as parental investment conflict, relationship satisfaction, intercourse frequency in couples, mate retention tactics, jealousy, infidelity, threat to the relationship, breakup, and forgiveness. Evolutionary psychology...

... competition tactics mate poaching mate retention Mrs. Madrigal: “The town is full of charming young men.” Mary Ann Singleton: “To each other.” Mrs. Madrigal: “Take it as a challenge. When a woman triumphs in this town, she really...

... Schützwohl A adaptationism anger Buss David M infidelity threat s jealousy research Mate Retention Inventory Sell Aaron Shackelford T Goldilocks “just right” principle jealousy and relationship threat mate retention tactics aggression evolutionary psychology mate value Coalitional Mate...

....   Psychological Review , 100, 204–232. Buss, D. M. , & Shackelford, T. K. ( 1997 ). From vigilance to violence: mate retention tactics in married couples.   Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 72, 346. Buss, D. M...

... guarding mate retention mating strategies relationship dissolution relationship defection Mate-guarding behaviors are intended to thwart an intimate partner’s defection from a long-term relationship. Mate-guarding behaviors are produced by adaptations that evolved as a consequence of sexual conflict...

... behavior Machiavellian women resistance to mate guarding consensual nonmonogamy CNM mate guarding mate retention partner defection cost-inflicting benefit-provisioning conditional mating strategies Mating is a fundamental yet complex human behavior and, as such, is associated with myriad...

... disguised, as when intimate partner violence, stalking, and other mate retention tactics are labeled “jealousy” or even “love” by perpetrators (and sometimes victims). Whether disguised, or fleeting, or a means to some other end such as revenge or the temporary quashing of fear of abandonment, the desire...