Evolution of sex-specific pace-of-life syndromes: causes and consequences

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Hämäläinen, Anni ^a   Immonen, Elina ^b   Tarka, Maja ^c   Schuett, Wiebke ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated phenotype; Life history; Mating system; Personality; POLS; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 85042877523     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-018-2466-x     Document Type: Review

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