An overlooked consequence of dietary mixing: A varied diet reduces interindividual variance in fitness

American Naturalist

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 649-659

  Senior, Alistair M ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^b,c   Lihoreau, Mathieu ^d   Simpson, Stephen J ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dietary generalism specialism; Life history; LnCVR; Metaanalysis; Nutritional ecology; Nutritional geometry

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DIET; INVERTEBRATE; LONGEVITY; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIET; GENETIC FITNESS; INVERTEBRATES; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84945429581     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683182     Document Type: Article

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