Density-dependent sex ratio adjustment and the Allee effect: A model and a test using a sex-changing fish

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-321

  Walker, Stefan P W ^a   Thibaut, Loïc ^a   McCormick, Mark I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Polygyny; Positive density dependence; Protogynous hermaphrodite; Reef fish; Sex ratio adjustment; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERCIFORM; POLYGYNY; PROTECTED AREA; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; HERMAPHRODITE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX PRESELECTION; SEX RATIO; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PARAPERCIS CYLINDRICA; PISCES; REPTILIA;

EID: 77955595927     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655219     Document Type: Article

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