Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: A role for squamate reptiles?

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1051-1057

  Wapstra, Erik ^a   Uller, Tobias ^b   Pen, Ido ^c   Komdeur, Jan ^c   Olsson, Mats ^b   Shine, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL; REPTILE; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; WASP;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 34248366028     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15811.x     Document Type: Review

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