Individual covariation in life-history traits: Seeing the trees despite the forest

American Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-105

  Cam, Emmanuelle ^a   Link, William A ^a   Cooch, Evan G ^a   Monnat, Jean Yves ^a   Danchin, Etienne ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Bivariate latent factors models; Breeding probability; Individual heterogeneity; Survival probability; Within cohort phenotypic selection

Indexed keywords

AGE; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0036149163     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324126     Document Type: Article

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