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BL
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1004379
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b758749
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West, Stuart A.,1970-
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| Title & Author
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Sex allocation /\ Stuart A. West.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton :: Princeton University Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Monographs in population biology ;; 44
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1 online resource (xii, 466 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1400832012
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: 6612458623
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: 9781400832019
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: 9786612458620
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0691089639
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0691089647
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1282458620
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9780691089638
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9780691089645
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9781282458628
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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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| Subject
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Sex allocation.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Developmental Biology.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- General.
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Sex allocation.
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| Dewey Classification
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591.56/2
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| LC Classification
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QH481.W47 2009eb
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