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local resource competition

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 5 | Mentions: 6

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Definition

Theory suggesting that offspring sex ratios might vary according to maternal condition, hence females should vary the sex of their offspring according to their ability to physically invest in their offspring

Related Terms (2)

local resource competition theorygender allocation

Publications (6)

student_paper

Impacts of drought gradient on pollen limitation in flowers in dry subalpine meadows

2018framework
article

Female kin density affects offspring sex ratio in an asocial mammal, the golden-mantled ground squirrell <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

2017Animal Behaviourframework
article

Female kin density affects offspring sex ratio in an asocial mammal, the golden-mantled ground squirrell <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

2017Animal Behaviourtested
article

On theory in ecology

2014BioSciencetested
article

Bringing the male side of plant sex into focus

2014American Naturalistcentral
student_paper

Foraging Differences Between Sexes in Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

2005framework

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