Sex-ratio optimization with helpers at the nest

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1443, 2000, Pages 539-543

  Pen, Ido ^a,b   Weissing, Franz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Kin selection; Life history; Reproductive value; Serial behaviour; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; OPTIMIZATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034701180     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1034     Document Type: Article

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