Environmental uncertainty, autocorrelation and the evolution of survival

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1622, 2007, Pages 2153-2160

  Metcalf, C J E ^a,b   Koons, D N ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; ES allocation strategy; Semelparous; Stochasticity; Survival; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FITNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548049786     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0561     Document Type: Article

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