Is survivorship a better fitness surrogate than fecundity?

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2611-2614

  Crone, Elizabeth E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Elasticity; Fecundity; Fitness; Life history; Selection gradient; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FERTILITY; MAMMALS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035544557     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00773.x     Document Type: Article

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