Why males compete rather than care, with an application to supplying collective goods

DOI10.1007/S11538-020-00800-4MaRDI QIDQ829252zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sara L. Loo, Danya Rose, Michael Weight, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S. Kim

Publication date 5 May 2021

Published in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-020-00800-4

zbMATH Keywords

ordinary differential equationslarge-game huntingmale competitionmating effortpaternal care

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Qualitative investigation and simulation of ordinary differential equation models (34C60)

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Cites work

• Adult sex ratio as an index for male strategy in primates
• Further mathematical modelling of mating sex ratios \& male strategies with special relevance to human life history
• Grandmothering drives the evolution of longevity in a probabilistic model

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• Hominin forager technology, food sharing, and diet breadth
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