A dynamic model of size-dependent reproductive effort in a sequential hermaphrodite: A counterexample to Williams's conjecture

American Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 543-552

  Rogers, L ^a   Sargent, R C ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Life history; Reproductive effort; Reproductive value; Sex change; Thalassoma bifasciatum

Indexed keywords

HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEX REVERSAL; SIZE EFFECT;

THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM;

EID: 0034772750     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323119     Document Type: Article

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