Directionality theory: An empirical study of an entropic principle in life-history evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1568, 2005, Pages 1185-1194

  Ziehe, Martin ^a   Demetrius, Lloyd ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Darwinian fitness; Demographic entropy; Demographic stability; Malthusian parameter; Plant populations

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIRECTIONALITY THEORY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 22544442799     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3032     Document Type: Article

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