Does male reproductive effort increase with age? Courtship in fiddler crabs

Theory suggests that reproductive effort generally increases with age, but life-history models indicate that other outcomes are possible. Empirical data are needed to quantify variation in actual age-dependence. Data are readily attainable for females (e.g. clutch per egg size), but not for males (e...

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Main Authors: Hayes, Catherine L., Booksmythe, Isobel, Jennions, Michael D., Backwell, Patricia R. Y.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2013
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Animal Behaviour
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639757/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23325736
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1078
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