Biology Faculty & Staff Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1981
Abstract
We develop a natural selection model for sex ratio control in a spatially variable environment. Predictions of sex ratio alteration as a function of environmental change are tested in laboratory experiments with two parasitic wasps. Field data from a variety of other organisms also support the model. Finally, we discuss possibilities and difficulties for testing this type of evolutionary model.
Publisher
Nature
Volume
289
First Page
27
Last Page
33
Language (ISO)
English
Keywords
hermaphrodites, sex ratio, environmental variability, parasitic wasps
Recommended Citation
Charnov, E.L., R.L. Los—den Hartogh, W.T. Jones and J. van den Assem. 1981. Sex ratio evolution in a variable environment. Nature 289:27-33
