Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 416-431 , November 2004

Getting that female glance: Patterns and consequences of male nonverbal behavior in courtship contexts

  • Lee Ann Renninger

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, for Urban Ethology, University of Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 184 Thompson Street, Apartment 60, New York, NY 10012, United States. Fax: +1 212 253 5605
    • ,
  • T. Joel Wade

      Affiliations

    • Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
    • ,
  • Karl Grammer

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, for Urban Ethology, University of Vienna, Austria

Received 2 July 2002 ,Revised 12 August 2004

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doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.08.006

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 416-431 , November 2004

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