Courtship persistence games
Discrete courtship persistence game
- ESS1: male persists, female passive, when cost of rejecting is high for female
- ESS2: female rejects and male nonpersistent, when cost of persisting is high for male
- ESS3: male persists and female rejects: when costs of rejecting and persisting are both low
Sexual arms race
- Stable ESS requires variation in arms level
- Males typically win given their ability to invest in armaments
Sexual war-of-attrition
- Females decide contest duration based on perceived value of male