Sex‐specific demography and generalization of the Trivers–Willard theory

Susanne Schindler (), Jean‐Michel Gaillard, André Grüning, Peter Neuhaus, Lochran W. Traill, Shripad Tuljapurkar and Tim Coulson
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Susanne Schindler: University of Oxford
Jean‐Michel Gaillard: Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (UMR 5558), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
André Grüning: University of Surrey
Peter Neuhaus: University of Calgary
Lochran W. Traill: School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Shripad Tuljapurkar: Stanford University
Tim Coulson: University of Oxford

Nature, 2015, vol. 526, issue 7572, 249-252

Abstract: The Trivers–Willard theory proposing that maternal condition influences offspring sex ratio is extended by analysing how differences in mortality rates, age‐specific reproduction and life history tactics between males and females may affect adaptive offspring sex ratio adjustment in two systems.

Date: 2015
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