When to store energy in a stochastic environment

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1221-1232

  Fischer, Barbara ^a,b,c   Dieckmann, Ulf ^a   Taborsky, Barbara ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Life history evolution; Models simulations; Phenotypic plasticity; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 79955143930     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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