Evolution of delayed reproduction in uncertain environments: A life-history perspective

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 797-805

  Koons, David N ^a,b   Metcalf, C Jessica E ^b,c   Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed reproduction; Density dependence; Life history; Maturity; Stochastic ESS

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERTILITY; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56649086767     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592867     Document Type: Article

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