Evolution of female mate choice based on male age: are older males better mates?

By C. Beck, L. Powell. 2000

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Responses of female lizards, Lacerta monticola, to males' chemical cues reflect their mating preference for older males (2003, background): “Costs associated with female mate choice may reduce the likelihood that female preferences are expressed ( Beck and Powell 2000 ).”
Determinants of male reproductive success in American black bears (2009, result): “This pattern would be consistent with the high adult survival and low juvenile survival observed in bears (Beck and Powell 2000).”
Extra-pair paternity in birds: review of the genetic benefits (2007, background): “There is an unresolved theoretical question whether age can indicate genetic quality (Kokko and Lindström, 1996; Beck and Powell 2000).”