Adaptive sex allocation in anticipation of changes in offspring mating opportunities

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kahn, Andrew T ^a   Kokko, Hanna ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MATING BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH WORK; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; FEMALE; FISH; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX ALLOCATION; SPRING; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 84875894279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2634     Document Type: Article

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