Differential allocation: Tests, mechanisms and implications

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 397-402

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOWL; FROG; HYPOTHESIS; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033797708     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01953-4     Document Type: Review

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