The influence of contests on optimal clutch size: A game-theoretic model

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1542, 2004, Pages 971-978

  Mesterton Gibbons, Mike ^a   Hardy, Ian C W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size dependent contest outcomes; Clutch size; Density dependence; Game theory; Goniozus nephantidis; Great tits

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GAME THEORY; LIFE HISTORY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DENSITY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

VESPIDAE;

EID: 2342518799     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2670     Document Type: Article

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