The Theory of Sex Allocation. (MPB-18), Volume 18

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Selection Thinking -- 2. Introduction to Sex Allocation -- 3. Sex Ratio and Discrete Generations -- 4. Sex Ratio When Fitness Varies—Spatial and Physiological Correlates -- 5. Sex Ratio in Spatially Structured Populations -- 6. Sex Ratio in Age-Struct...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Selection Thinking -- 2. Introduction to Sex Allocation -- 3. Sex Ratio and Discrete Generations -- 4. Sex Ratio When Fitness Varies—Spatial and Physiological Correlates -- 5. Sex Ratio in Spatially Structured Populations -- 6. Sex Ratio in Age-Structured Populations -- 7. Sex Ratio in Vertebrates -- 8. Conflict Situations for the Sex Ratio -- 9. Basic Stable Age Theory for Sex Reversal -- 10. Sex Reversal in shrimp -- 11. Sex Reversal in Labroid Fishes -- 12. Sex Reversal in Some Special Animal Systems -- 13. Labile Sexuality (Sex Choice) in Plants -- 14. Basic Discrete Generation Theory for Hermaphroditism -- 15. Hermaphroditism in Animals -- 16. Sex Types in Higher Plants -- 17. Two Plant Sex Types: Heterostyly and Dioecy -- CONCLUSION: Thoughts for the Future -- Appendix: Population Genetics of Sex Ratio -- Literature Cited -- Taxonomic Index (Genera) -- Author Index -- Subject Index Ausführliche Beschreibung