Estimating fluctuating selection in age-structured populations

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1487-1499

  Engen, S ^a   Saether B E ^a   Kvalnes, T ^a   Jensen, H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age structured population models; Demographic stochasticity; Directional selection; Fluctuating selection; Individual reproductive value; Quantitative characters

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLEDGING; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SELECTION; SONGBIRD; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84863999235     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02530.x     Document Type: Article

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