Size-dependent sex change can be the ESS without any size advantage of reproduction when mortality is size-dependent

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Brooks, Mollie ^a   Iwasa, Yoh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bellman's equation; Dynamic optimization; Growth rate advantage; Life history; Sequential hermaphrodite; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; GROWTH RATE; HERMAPHRODITE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; POLLEN LIMITATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; PLANT GENE; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BODY SIZE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; MORTALITY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 77956886318     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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