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local resource competition

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 5 | Mentions: 6

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Knowledge graph centered on local resource competition with 40 nodes and 95 connections. Top connected: On theory in ecology, plant-pollinator mutualism, reproductive success, pollen limitation, drought stress.

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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abundance-occupancy relationships

phenomenon2 shared papers

maternal care

process2 shared papers

species abundance

metric2 shared papers

female kin density

measurement2 shared papers

Rensch's Rule

framework2 shared papers

sex ratio

measurement2 shared papers

Metabolic Theory of Ecology

theory2 shared papers

facultative paedomorphosis

process1 shared paper

reproductive success

metric1 shared paper

environmental stochasticity

process1 shared paper