Description |
1 online resource (xii, 466 pages) : illustrations. |
Series |
Monographs in population biology ; 44 |
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Monographs in population biology ; 44.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Sex Allocation; 2. The Düsing-Fisher Theory of Equal Investment; 3. Interactions between Relatives I: Cooperation and Competition; 4. Interactions between Relatives II: Local Mate Competition; 5. Interactions between Relatives III: Extended Local Mate Competition Theory; 6. Conditional Sex Allocation I: Basic Scenarios; 7. Conditional Sex Allocation II: Population Consequences and Further Complications; 8. Sex Allocation When Generations Overlap; 9. Conflict I: Between Individuals; 10. Conflict II: Sex Allocation Distorters. |
Summary |
Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical and empirical studies of sex allocation, transforming how we understand the allocation of resources to male and female reproduction in vertebrates, invertebrates, protozoa, and plants. In this landmark book, Stuart West synthesizes the vast literature on sex allocation, providing the conceptual framework the field has been lacking and demonstrating how sex-allocation studies can shed light on broader questions in evolutionary and behavioral biology. West clarifies fundamental misconceptions in the application of theory to empirical data. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Sex allocation.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Developmental Biology.
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Sex allocation. (OCoLC)fst01114250
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Indexed Term |
JSTOR-DDA |
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Sex allocation |
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Multi-User. |
Other Form: |
Print version: West, Stuart A., 1970- Sex allocation. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691089645 (DLC) 2009014756 (OCoLC)318874923 |
ISBN |
9781400832019 (electronic bk.) |
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1400832012 (electronic bk.) |
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