Reproductive effort and reproductive values in periodic environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 454-472

  Brommer, Jon ^b   Kokko, Hanna ^a   Pietiäinen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evolutionarily stable strategy; Inter generational trade off; Life history; Reproductive effort; Reproductive value; Ural owl

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; LIFE HISTORY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TRADE-OFF;

STRIX URALENSIS;

EID: 0034101660     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303335     Document Type: Article

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