The complex interplay of sex allocation and sexual selection

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 673-678

  Booksmythe, Isobel ^a   Schwanz, Lisa E ^a,b   Kokko, Hanna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Eco evolutionary feedback; Female preference; Ornament; Perceptual constraint; Primary sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84874751167     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12003     Document Type: Article

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