A dimensionless invariant for relative size at sex change in animals: Explanation and implications

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 551-566

  Gardner, Andy ^a,b   Allsop, David J ^a,c   Charnov, Eric L ^d,e   West, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckingham's theorem; Life history; Protandry; Protogyny; Sequential hermaphroditism; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX REVERSAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17644388822     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429526     Document Type: Review

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