Reproductive skew theory unified: The general bordered tug-of-war model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Shen, Sheng Feng ^a   Kern Reeve, H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Evolutionary game theory; Reproductive skew; Social conflict

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAME THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HEREDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS;

EID: 77649335813     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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