Browsing Biological Sciences by Subject "reproduction"

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Direct and indirect genetic and fine-scale location effects on breeding date in song sparrows

Germain, Ryan R.; Wolak, Mathew E.; Arcese, Peter; Losdat, Sylvain; Reid, Jane M.; 0000-0002-7962-0071 (2020-04-02)

1. Quantifying direct and indirect genetic effects of interacting females and males on variation in jointly expressed life-history traits is central to predicting microevolutionary dynamics. However, accurately estimating ...

A test of reproductive power in snakes

Boback, Scott M.; Guyer, Craig (2022-12-06)

Reproductive power is a contentious concept among ecologists, and the model has been criticized on theoretical and empirical grounds. Despite these criticisms, the model has successfully predicted the modal (optimal) size ...