Intersexual Resource Competition and the Evolution of Sex-Biased Dispersal

Resource competition is a major driver of dispersal: an emigrating individual leaves more resources to its kin. Existing models of sex-biased dispersal rarely consider intersexual competition for resources. Instead, male reproductive success is often solely assumed to depend on female availability,...

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Main Authors: Xiang-Yi Li, Hanna Kokko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00111/full