How to keep fit in the real world: Elasticity analyses and selection pressures on life histories in a variable environment

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-139

  Benton, T G ^a,b   Grant, A ^b  

^a University of East Anglia ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY ANALYSES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 0029667732     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285843     Document Type: Article

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