Size and the not-so-single sex: Disentangling the effects of size and budget on sex allocation in hermaphrodites

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 779-792

  Cadet, Claire ^a,d   Metz, Johan A J ^b,c   Klinkhamer, Peter G L ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sequential hermaphroditism; Sex allocation; Sex change; Simultaneous hermaphroditism; Size

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; HERMAPHRODITE; SEX ALLOCATION; SIZE;

EID: 11944265037     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425624     Document Type: Article

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