Estimating age at maturation and energy-based life-history traits from individual growth trajectories with nonlinear mixed-effects models

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 631-643

  Brunel, Thomas ^a   Ernande, Bruno ^b   Mollet, Fabian M ^a,c   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Blueyou Consulting Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics growth model; Energy acquisition; Individual growth trajectory; Life history trade offs; Maintenance; Reproductive investment; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CLUPEOID; FLATFISH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL MATURITY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA;

EID: 84878960053     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2527-1     Document Type: Article

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