Adaptive use of information during growth can explain long-term effects of early life experiences

American Naturalist

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 620-632

  English, Sinead ^a,b   Fawcett, Tim W ^c,d   Higginson, Andrew D ^c,d   Trimmer, Pete C ^c,e   Uller, Tobias ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian updating; Development; Information use; Plasticity; Sensitive periods; State dependence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; INFORMATION; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APPETITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84962057233     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685644     Document Type: Article

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