A Cost of Increased Early Reproductive Effort in the Snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Natural Selection, the Costs of Reproduction, and a Refinement of Lack's Principle

George C. Williams · The American Naturalist · 1966 · 3.3K citations

Biology, Reproduction Response, Economics +10

Natural selection and the evolution of reproductive effort.

M.F. Hirshfield, D. W. Tinkle · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1975 · 542 citations · Full text

Biology, Breeding Behavior, Reproductive Success +11

HOST CASTRATION AS A PARASITIC STRATEGY

Mario Baudoin · Evolution · 1975 · 363 citations · Full text

Biology, Parasitic Disease, April 1974 +13

Prevalence of schistosome infections within molluscan populations: observed patterns and theoretical predictions

Roy M. Anderson, Robert M. May · Parasitology · 1979 · 159 citations

Behavioral Interactions between Parasites and Hosts: Host Suicide and the Evolution of Complex Life Cycles

Deborah R. Smith Trail · The American Naturalist · 1980 · 110 citations · Full text

Parasite Interactions, Entomology, Social Parasitism +18