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Female-biased sex ratios under local mate competition: An experimental confirmation

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Experimental work of Nadel and Luck (1992) on a chalcidoid wasp provides a confirmation of sex ratio theory under local mate competition.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Taylor, P.D. Female-biased sex ratios under local mate competition: An experimental confirmation. Evol Ecol 7, 306–308 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01237747

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