The evolution of fitness in life-history theory

Biological Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-404

  Brommer, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS); Fitness optimisation; Life history

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033772517     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2000.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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