Life-history analysis of the Trivers and Willard sex-ratio problem

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 316-325

  Leimar, Olof ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

life history theory; reproductive success; reproductive value; sex allocation; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRIVERS-WILLARD EFFECT;

EID: 0029662746     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.316     Document Type: Article

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