reproductive success
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreproductiveandsuccess
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reproductive
adjective
uk/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us/ˌriː.prəˈdʌk.t̬ɪv/
relating to the process ...
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success
noun
uk/səkˈses/us/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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Among other factors, the competitive ability of male sperm inside the hermaphrodite reproductive tract will influence malereproductivesuccess.
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However, total egg production does not constitute per se a measure of thereproductivesuccessand only the output of viable eggs should be considered.
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It is much more likely that early hominid brain expansion was a direct product of behaviors intimately linked to immediatereproductivesuccess.
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The consequences of the 2 reproductive modes for individual fitness in terms of life-timereproductivesuccessare often difficult to obtain.
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Alternative strategies allow less fit individuals (in our case, less attractive males) to increase their chances ofreproductivesuccess.
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Reduced hostreproductivesuccesswas suggested to be directly due to the genetic heterogeneity of the parasitic infections resulting in increased host defence costs.
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Bacteria behave as individual microorganisms with survival strategies directed towardsreproductivesuccess of a single cell, and not the whole population (colony).
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The importance of mating behaviour in the relativereproductivesuccessof resistant and susceptible males has been analysed in some insects.
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Note that male mating ability comprises only part of male reproductive efficiency, because of the other factors that contribute to malereproductivesuccess.
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If thereproductivesuccessof the new strategy is smaller than the original, it will not overrule the original strategy and will eventually disappear.
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Factors affecting nest site selection andreproductivesuccessof tundra nesting shorebirds.
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Reproductivesuccess: studies of individual variation in contrasting breeding systems.
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The meanreproductivesuccessof males and females is also relatively easily obtained.
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The findings of the present study support the hypothesis that the contributions of 'grandmothers' would increase thereproductivesuccessof childbearing women in the household.
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The importance of visitors to plantreproductivesuccesswas investigated via controlled visitor-exclusion experiments.
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Reproductivesuccessof both partners thus depends to a substantial degree on the process of fig wasp dispersal, about which we know relatively little.
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These explanations assume an individual'sreproductivesuccessdepends on the behaviors of other members of the population.
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But not all men should prefer to pursue the best line of action for men with maximalreproductivesuccess.
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