ReviewCommunications biology2022
Adult sex ratios: causes of variation and implications for animal and human societies.
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- Parental Social Environment Has no Effect on Offspring Development in the Dung Beetle: A Test of Adult Sex Ratio Effects.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Demographic causes and social consequences of adult sex ratio variation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Biased birth sex ratios of mammals and birds in zoos.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Variation in the Adult Sex Ratio and Morphological Traits ofEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- A male-biased sex ratio increases the opportunity for precopulatory sexual selection but does not change the Bateman gradient.Evolution letters · 2025Article
- Exploring social behaviour using Tinbergen's 4 Questions.Biologia futura · 2025Review
- Variation in adult sex ratios in tetrapods is linked to sex chromosomes through mortality differences between males and females.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Prenatal sex determination illuminates the unusual adult sex ratio of a group-living lemur.Biology letters · 2025Article
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- Anisogamy and sex roles: a commentary.Evolution letters · 2024Article
- Adult Sex-Ratio Bias Does Not Lead to Detectable Adaptive Offspring Sex Allocation Via Nest-Site Choice in a Turtle With Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- No sex-dependent mortality in an amphibian upon infection with the chytrid fungus,Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Independent fitness consequences of group size variation in Verreaux's sifakas.Communications biology · 2024Article
- The evolution of sex roles: The importance of ecology and social environment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Eviction-driven infanticide and sexually selected adoption and infanticide in a neotropical parrot.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Female-biased birth sex ratio in a female dispersal primate suggests local resource competition.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Harem size should be measured by more than the sum of its parts: Phenology-based measurements reveal joint effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on a polygamous herbivore under non-stationary climatic conditions.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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Abstract
Converging lines of inquiry from across the social and biological sciences target the adult sex ratio (ASR; the proportion of males in the adult population) as a fundamental population-level determinant of behavior. The ASR, which indicates the relative number of potential mates to competitors in a population, frames the selective arena for competition, mate choice, and social interactions. Here we review a growing literature, focusing on methodological developments that sharpen knowledge of the demographic variables underlying ASR variation, experiments that enhance understanding of the consequences of ASR imbalance across societies, and phylogenetic analyses that provide novel insights into social evolution. We additionally highlight areas where research advances are expected to make accelerating contributions across the social sciences, evolutionary biology, and biodiversity conservation.
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