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ArticleEcology and evolution2023

Variance in offspring sex ratio and maternal allocation in a highly invasive mammal.

Sarah M Chinn, Timothy Smyser, James C Beasley

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah M ChinnSavannah River Ecology Laboratory, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Georgia Aiken South Carolina USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-5359
Timothy SmyserNational Wildlife Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Fort Collins Colorado USA.
James C BeasleySavannah River Ecology Laboratory, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Georgia Aiken South Carolina USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9707-3713
University of Georgia · USAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skewed sex ratios at birth are widely reported in wild populations, however, the extent to which parents are able to modulate the sex ratio of offspring to maximize their own fitness remains unclear. This is particularly true for highly polytocous species as maximizing fitness may include trade-offs between sex ratio and the size and number of offspring in litters. In such cases, it may be adaptive for mothers to adjust both the number of offspring per litter and offspring sex to maximize individual fitness. Investigating maternal sex allocation in wild pigs (

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fitnesslitter sizematernal investmentpolytocoussex allocation theoryTrivers Willard

Identifiers

PMID37250446
PMCPMC10213710
OpenAlexW4378381955

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