Life-history differences favor evolution of male dimorphism in competitive games

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-198

  Smallegange, Isabel M ^a   Johansson, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive phenotypes; Environmental threshold model; Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Polymorphism; Threshold trait; Two sex population model

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DIMORPHISM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MITE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION MODELING; SALMONID; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAME; MALE; MITE; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAME THEORY; MALE; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84893006992     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674377     Document Type: Article

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