Consequences of hierarchical allocation for the evolution of life-history traits

American Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-167

  Worley, Anne C ^a,b   Houle, David ^a,c   Barret, Spencer C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated response to selection; Quantitative genetics; Resource allocation; Simulation study; Trade off

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347924985     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345461     Document Type: Article

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