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Compensatory Mate Retention Tactics

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Compensatory mate retention tactics are defined as mate retention tactics such that the use of one tactic compensates for the lack of use another tactic.

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  1. Regent’s University, London, UK

    Alastair P. C. Davies

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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  3. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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Davies, A.P.C. (2016). Compensatory Mate Retention Tactics. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_153-1

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