matingstrategy
Mating strategy is a set of behavioral patterns that an organism uses to obtain and retain mates, maximize reproductive success, and allocate parental effort. It is influenced by hormonal, genetic, ecological, and social factors and interacts with mating systems and sexual selection. In evolutionary biology, mating strategies are analyzed as strategies that balance mate acquisition, mate choice, mating effort, and parental investment.
Across species, strategies vary with ecology and life history. Mating systems include monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, and
In humans, mating strategies span long-term pair bonds to short-term mating, influenced by sociosexual orientation, personality,
Life history and ecological conditions further shape mating strategies, linking fast strategies (earlier reproduction, higher mating