Lonely hearts or sex in the city? Density-dependent effects in mating systems

Two very basic ideas in sexual selection are heavily influenced by numbers of potential mates: the evolution of anisogamy, leading to sex role differentiation, and the frequency dependence of reproductive success that tends to equalize primary sex ratios. However, being explicit about the numbers of...

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Published in:	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 361; no. 1466; pp. 319 - 334
Main Authors:	Kokko, Hanna, Rankin, Daniel J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London The Royal Society 28-02-2006
Subjects:	Allee Effect Animals Anura - genetics Anura - physiology Computer Simulation Ecological competition Evolution Extinction Female Female animals Male Male animals Mating behavior Mating systems Models, Biological Phenotypic Plasticity Population Density Population Regulation Reproductive success Selection, Genetic Sex ratio Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Sexual Selection
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