Sex allocation based on relative and absolute condition

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1331-1345

  Schwanz, Lisa E ^a,b   Janzen, Fredric J ^a   Proulx, Stephen R ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charnov Bull; Climate change; Information theory; Mutual information; Trivers Willard

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; REACTION NORM; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX RATIO;

CHRYSEMYS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953782538     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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