Sexual selection enables long-term coexistence despite ecological equivalence

Leithen K. M’Gonigle (), Rupert Mazzucco, Sarah P. Otto and Ulf Dieckmann
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Leithen K. M’Gonigle: University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4
Rupert Mazzucco: Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Sarah P. Otto: University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4
Ulf Dieckmann: Evolution and Ecology Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria

Nature, 2012, vol. 484, issue 7395, 506-509

Abstract: A theoretical model shows how sexual selection, on its own, can maintain biodiversity, provided that two realistic assumptions are met: that carrying capacity varies spatially, and that females searching for mates incur costs in doing so.

Date: 2012
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