Sperm economy between female mating frequency and male ejaculate allocation

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 406-416

  Abe, Jun ^a   Kamimura, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategies; Game theory model; Individual based model; Operational sex ratio; Polyandry; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POLYANDRY; SEX RATIO; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84922694668     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679586     Document Type: Article

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