Using potential reproductive rates to predict mating competition among individuals qualified to mate

• The potential reproductive rate (PRR), which is the offspring production per unit time each sex would achieve if unconstrained by mate availability, often differs between the sexes. An increasing sexual difference in PRR predicts an intensified mating com

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Zoologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Zoology (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

mating competition; operational sex ratio; OSR; adult sex ratio; potential reproductive rate; PRR; qualified to mate; resource competition; OPERATIONAL SEX-RATIOS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SAND GOBY; SELECTION; FEMALES; SUCCESS; EXPENDITURE; PIPEFISH; ROLES

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