Sex allocation and dispersal in a heterogeneous two-patch environment

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Wild, Geoff ^a   Greenwood Lee, James ^b   Taylor, Peter D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Dispersal; Game theory; Heterogeneity; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HETEROGENEITY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME; MALE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33746522476     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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