Positive feedback and alternative stable states in inbreeding, cooperation, sex roles and other evolutionary processes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1586, 2012, Pages 211-221

  Lehtonen, Jussi ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Feedback; Frequency dependence

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; COEVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION REGULATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 82755165259     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0177     Document Type: Article

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