Individual heterogeneity in life histories and eco-evolutionary dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 417-432

  Vindenes, Yngvild ^a   Langangen, Øystein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demographic heterogeneity; Eco evolutionary response; Evolutionary demography; Individual differences; Structured population

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WARMING;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ESOCIDAE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ESOCIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84927135637     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12421     Document Type: Article

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