Optimal life-history schedule in a metapopulation with juvenile dispersal

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 944-954

  Cotto, O ^a   Olivieri, I ^a   Ronce, O ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Age structure; Colonization; Dispersal; Disturbance; Life history theory; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876998747     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12100     Document Type: Article

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