The dissimilar costs of love and war: Age-specific mortality as a function of the operational sex ratio

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1169-1177

  Adler, M I ^a   Bonduriansky, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Life history; Lifespan; Longevity; Mating costs; Mortality; Neriid fly; Senescence; Sex ratio; Social interaction; Telostylinus angusticollis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGING; FIGHTING; FLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

NERIIDAE;

EID: 79955667141     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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