A simulation test of the prediction that density-dependent dispersal promotes female-biased sex allocation in viscous populations
Abstract
A classic result of sex-allocation theory is that the sex ratio is predicted to be invariant with respect to the rate of dispersal. However, a recent mathematical analysis has suggested that if individuals are able to adjust their probability of dispersal according to the local density of their neighbourhood, then a lower rate of dispersal will be associated with greater female-bias. Here, we perform a computer simulation test of this prediction. Our simulation data provide strong qualitative support for the prediction, and a Monte Carlo randomization test of significance allows us to reject the null hypothesis of the invariance relationship.
Citation
Chokechaipaisarn , C & Gardner , A 2023 , ' A simulation test of the prediction that density-dependent dispersal promotes female-biased sex allocation in viscous populations ' , microPublication Biology . https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.000821
Publication
microPublication Biology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2578-9430Type
Journal article
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Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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This work was supported by the Queen Sirikit Scholarship and the European Research Council (grant no. 771387).Collections
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