Adult sex ratios and reproductive decisions: integrating data and theory across the biological and social sciences
February 01–03, 2017
The number of males and females in a population affects both individual reproductive options and how members of the same and opposite-sex interact. Therefore, the adult sex ratio (ASR) is being increasingly recognized as a key demographic variable driving mating system evolution, parental investment, and mating competition. Traditional approaches towards understanding reproductive decision making in the social and biological sciences have focused on relatively rigid sex-determined roles and behavior, but more recent work has drawn attention to facultative shifts in reproductive strategies based on partner availability. During this workshop we will critically evaluate and synthesize ASR research to guide future work on reproductive strategies. Additionally, by better understanding the causes and consequences of ASR variation we hope to assist policy applications related to conservation biology, public health, violence, and sex-biased mortality and migration.
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Participants
Steven R.
Beissinger
Fellow
2016/2017
University of California, Berkeley
Adrian
Bell
University of Utah
Veronika
Bókony
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Rob
Brooks
The University of New South Wales, Sydney
Tim
Clutton-Brock
University of Cambridge
Therese
Hesketh
University College London
Michael
Jennions
Fellow
2016/2017
Australian National University, Canberra
Jan
Komdeur
University of Groningen
Karen
Kramer
University of Utah
András
Liker
University of Pannonia
Enrique R.
Pouget
Center for Drug Use and HIV /HCV Research, New York
Ryan
Schacht
University of Utah
Caroline
Uggla
Stockholm University
Claus
Wedekind
University of Lausanne