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female acceptance of extra matings because resisting male harassment costs more than mating, rather than because extra matings bring direct or genetic benefits.

In entomology, convenience polyandry refers to female acceptance of extra matings because resisting male harassment costs more than mating, rather than because extra matings bring direct or genetic benefits. This meaning comes from Rowe (1992) in Animal Behaviour.[1]

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acceptance6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs harassment6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs polyandry1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Rowe, L. (1992). Convenience polyandry in a water strider: foraging conflicts and female control of copulation frequency and guarding duration. Animal Behaviour, 44, 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(92)90025-5

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