• DOI:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1980.tb04037.x
Corpus ID: 10518698

SEX RATIO, BODY SIZE AND SEASONALITY IN A SOLITARY BEE, OSMIA LIGNARIA PROPINQUA CRESSON (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE)

@article{Torchio1980SEXRB,
  title={SEX RATIO, BODY SIZE AND SEASONALITY IN A SOLITARY BEE, OSMIA LIGNARIA PROPINQUA CRESSON (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE)},
  author={P. F. Torchio and V. J. Tepedino},
  journal={Evolution},
  year={1980},
  volume={34}
}

P. F. Torchio, V. J. Tepedino

Published 1980

Biology, Medicine

Evolution

Although sex ratio and investment theory have been recently refined and made more mathematically rigorous (Hamilton, 1967; Leigh, 1970; Trivers, 1972; Trivers and Hare, 1976; Charnov, 1978; MacNair, 1978), Fisher's (1930) original arguments remain essentially unchanged. In a panmictic population we expect equal amounts of time and energy to be allocated to the production of each sex. A disproportionate investment in the offspring of one sex will be corrected in subsequent generations by… CONTINUE READING

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