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Positive feedback and alternative stable states in inbreeding, cooperation, sex roles and other evolutionary processes

Date

Authors

Lehtonen, Jussi

Kokko, Hanna

Publisher

Royal Society Publishing

Abstract

A large proportion of studies in systems science focus on processes involving a mixture of positive and negative feedbacks, which are also common themes in evolutionary ecology. Examples of negative feedback are density dependence (population regulation)

Keywords

Keywords: autogamy; coevolution; cooperative breeding; density dependence; evolutionary biology; feedback mechanism; inbreeding; life history trait; parental care; polymorphism; population regulation; sex role; sexual selection; allele; animal; article; biological Alternative stable states; Feedback; Frequency dependence

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64556

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society: B- Biological Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1098/rstb.2011.0177

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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