Indeterminate growth is selected by a trade-off between high fecundity and risk avoidance in stochastic environments

Population Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-272

  Katsukawa, Yuu ^a   Katsukawa, Toshio ^a   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy allocation; Iteroparity; Semelparity; Stage structured matrix model; Stochastic growth rate

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036984284     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101440200030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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