Simple mathematical models of optimal copulation time, postocopulatory guarding, and precopulatory guarding of males, where the concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) is used, are reviewed. The method by which these kinds of game theoretic problems can be solved is demonstrated, and parametic dependency of the optimal strategy is examiled. Actual observational and experimental examples are discussed in the light of predictions of the models.
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