Life Histories, Axes of Variation in

Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 312-323

  Gaillard, J M ^a   Lemaitre J F ^a   Berger, V ^a   Bonenfant, C ^a   Devillard, S ^a   Douhard, M ^a,b   Gamelon, M ^a,c   Plard, F ^a,d   Lebreton, J D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Bird; Demography; Ecology; Evolution; Fish; Growth; Mammal; Principle of allocation; Reproduction; Reptile; Survival; Trade off; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996998830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800049-6.00085-8     Document Type: Chapter

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