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Strategies of offspring investment and dispersal in a spatially structured environment: a theoretical study using ants

BACKGROUND: Offspring investment strategies vary markedly between and within taxa, and much of this variation is thought to stem from the trade-off between offspring size and number. While producing larger offspring can increase their competitive ability, this often comes at a cost to their coloniza...

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Autores principales: Cronin, Adam L., Loeuille, Nicolas, Monnin, Thibaud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-016-0058-z