r- and K-selection revisited: The role of population regulation in life-history evolution

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1509-1520

  Reznick, David ^a   Bryant, Michael J ^a   Bashey, Farrah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Demography; Density dependence; Environmental variability; Life history evolution; Poecilia reticulata; r and K selection; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; POPULATION REGULATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0010578192     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1509:raksrt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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