A sex allocation theory for vertebrates: Combining local resource competition and condition-dependent allocation

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wild, Geoff ^a   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Local resource competition; Mathematical model; Sex allocation; Sex ratio; Trivers Willard effect

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; MATERNAL EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348842037     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522057     Document Type: Article

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