Communications Biology (Nov 2022)
Adult sex ratios: causes of variation and implications for animal and human societies
- Ryan Schacht,
- Steven R. Beissinger,
- Claus Wedekind,
- Michael D. Jennions,
- Benjamin Geffroy,
- András Liker,
- Peter M. Kappeler,
- Franz J. Weissing,
- Karen L. Kramer,
- Therese Hesketh,
- Jérôme Boissier,
- Caroline Uggla,
- Mike Hollingshaus,
- Tamás Székely
Affiliations
- Ryan Schacht
- Department of Anthropology, East Carolina University
- Steven R. Beissinger
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California
- Claus Wedekind
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne
- Michael D. Jennions
- Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University
- Benjamin Geffroy
- MARBEC Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD
- András Liker
- ELKH-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia
- Peter M. Kappeler
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute of Primate Biology
- Franz J. Weissing
- Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen
- Karen L. Kramer
- Department of Anthropology, University of Utah
- Therese Hesketh
- Institute of Global Health, University College London
- Jérôme Boissier
- IHPE Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ Montpellier
- Caroline Uggla
- Stockholm University Demography Unit, Sociology Department, Stockholm University
- Mike Hollingshaus
- Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
- Tamás Székely
- Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04223-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 16
Abstract
A detailed Review across animal and human societies provides insight on the causes and consequences of adult sex ratio skew.
