Sexual conflict and the tragedy of the commons

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 780-791

  Rankin, Daniel J ^a,b,c,d   Dieckmann, Ulf ^e   Kokko, Hanna ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Coevolution; Evolutionary suicide; Population dynamics; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EUSOCIALITY; EXTINCTION; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79954987610     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659947     Document Type: Article

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