Fitness consequences of threshold trait expression subject to environmental cues

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 285; no. 1881; p. 20180783
• Main Authors: Michalczyk, Łukasz, Dudziak, Magdalena, Radwan, Jacek, Tomkins, Joseph L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society Publishing 27.06.2018; The Royal Society
• Edition: Royal Society (Great Britain)
• Subjects: Acaridae - genetics; Acaridae - physiology; Aggression; Animals; Biological evolution; Body size; Business competition; Competition; Demography; Environment; Evolution; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Fitness; Genetic Fitness; Male; Males; Mathematical models; Models, Biological; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Pheromones; Population Density; Populations; Reproduction; Reproductive fitness; Shoes; Tactics; conditional strategy; alternative reproductive tactics; experimental test; Sancassania berlesei

Most cases of alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) are thought to represent conditional strategies, whereby high-status males express highly competitive phenotypes, whereas males below a certain status threshold resort to sneaky tactics. The underlying evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) model a...