Optimizing time and resource allocation trade-offs for investment into morphological and behavioral defense

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-129

  Steiner, Ulrich K ^a,c   Pfeiffer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Life history evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC SELECTION; PREDATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846189840     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509939     Document Type: Article

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